PONTIAC FEVER ASSOCIATED WITH A WHIRLPOOL SPA
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 120 (6) , 809-817
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113953
Abstract
In March 1981, an outbreak of 34 cases of Pontiac fever occurred among 74 members of a social club who visited an inn in south-central Vermont. Environmental and epidemiologic Investigations were done to identify the causes of the illness. The outbreak of Pontiac fever was most likely caused by L. pneumophlla, serogroup 6, which was identIfied in a whirlpool spa at the inn. This is the first reported instance of an outbreak of Pontiac fever assocIated with a whirlpool spa.Keywords
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