5 Jan 2004 - Frances worst outbreak of legionellosis
France's worst outbreak: 85 cases, 13 deaths, Jan.
2004
France's worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has infected 85 people and killed 13, most of whom resided in or visited an area to the east of the town of Lens, in the northern part of the country. On 4 January the French government shut down a petrochemical factory after tests revealed that the strain of Legionella found in the plant's cooling tower matched the strain found in at least 14 of the victims. [However, the data reported appears insufficient to implicate a source in this outbreak.]
France's worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has infected 85 people and killed 13, most of whom resided in or visited an area to the east of the town of Lens, in the northern part of the country. On 4 January the French government shut down a petrochemical factory after tests revealed that the strain of Legionella found in the plant's cooling tower matched the strain found in at least 14 of the victims. [However, the data reported appears insufficient to implicate a source in this outbreak.]