A study of Legionnaire's disease in Zambia.
Legionnaire's disease has only rarely been reported in Africa. Following a case of pneumonia which was suggestive of Legionnaire's disease, a serological survey of people in the same community showed a titre of 1:256 or more in 10% of 73 sera examined by the indirect fluorescent antibody test using heat-inactivated antigen. However, on retesting using formolized yolk-sac antigen these results could not be substantiated. A further study of 105 patients with pneumonia failed to show a rising antibody titre using acute and convalescent serum.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000276:immunology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D015024:Zambia
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial