title: Legionnaires disease associated with a whirlpool spa display--Virginia, September-October, 1996.
abstract: Contaminated whirlpool spas have been reported as a source of legionellosis. This report describes the preliminary findings of an ongoing investigation by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and CDC of a recent outbreak of Legionnaires disease in Virginia, which implicated a whirlpool spa display at a retail store as the source of infection.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014871:Water Microbiology