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MMWR Early Release
Vol. 66, Early Release
June 06, 2017
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Vital Signs: Health Care–Associated Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Data from 20 States and a Large Metropolitan Area — United States, 2015
Elizabeth A. Soda, MD; Albert E. Barskey, MPH; Priti P. Shah, MPH; et al.
Exposure to Legionella from health care facility water systems can result in Legionnaires’ disease. This Vital Signs report finds a total of 2,809 confirmed Legionnaires’ disease cases were reported from 21 jurisdictions (20 U.S. states and one large metropolitan area), including 85 (3%) definite and 468 (17%) possible health care–associated cases.
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