Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47
Legionella pneumophila sequence type (ST) 47 was isolated from soil in a garden. We speculate that this strain was transmitted from soil to the whirlpool in the garden where it caused an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever. In the Netherlands, ST47 is frequently isolated from patien...
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doaj-2f5415b5ca3f4f05821f2460b687dc5e2020-11-24T22:55:52ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112014-10-0127C181910.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.009Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47Johanna A.C. Schalk0Sjoerd M. Euser1Eri van Heijnsbergen2Jacob P. Bruin3Jeroen W. den Boer4Ana M. de Roda Husman5National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the NetherlandsRegional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the NetherlandsNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the NetherlandsRegional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the NetherlandsRegional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the NetherlandsNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands Legionella pneumophila sequence type (ST) 47 was isolated from soil in a garden. We speculate that this strain was transmitted from soil to the whirlpool in the garden where it caused an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever. In the Netherlands, ST47 is frequently isolated from patients, but hardly ever from environmental sources. It is possible that human pathogenic Legionella strains, with ST47 as one of the predominant strains, are transmitted to humans from sources such as natural soil that are currently not targeted in outbreak investigations. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015379Legionella pneumophilaST47Natural soilWhirlpoolOutbreakSource investigation |
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Johanna A.C. Schalk Sjoerd M. Euser Eri van Heijnsbergen Jacob P. Bruin Jeroen W. den Boer Ana M. de Roda Husman |
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Johanna A.C. Schalk Sjoerd M. Euser Eri van Heijnsbergen Jacob P. Bruin Jeroen W. den Boer Ana M. de Roda Husman Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 International Journal of Infectious Diseases Legionella pneumophila ST47 Natural soil Whirlpool Outbreak Source investigation |
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Johanna A.C. Schalk Sjoerd M. Euser Eri van Heijnsbergen Jacob P. Bruin Jeroen W. den Boer Ana M. de Roda Husman |
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Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 |
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Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 |
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Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 |
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Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 |
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Soil as a source of Legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 |
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soil as a source of legionella pneumophila sequence type 47 |
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Elsevier |
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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1201-9712 1878-3511 |
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2014-10-01 |
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Legionella pneumophila sequence type (ST) 47 was isolated from soil in a garden. We speculate that this strain was transmitted from soil to the whirlpool in the garden where it caused an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever. In the Netherlands, ST47 is frequently isolated from patients, but hardly ever from environmental sources. It is possible that human pathogenic Legionella strains, with ST47 as one of the predominant strains, are transmitted to humans from sources such as natural soil that are currently not targeted in outbreak investigations.
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Legionella pneumophila ST47 Natural soil Whirlpool Outbreak Source investigation |
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