[Investigation on an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease caused by Lboz in a suburb of Beijing].
OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the infectious rates and incidence rates through epidemiological investigation.


METHODS
Serum samples from 203 new soldiers were detected from Lboz by TAT.


RESULTS
Infectious rates was 33.00% (67/203), and the incidence rates was 8.87% (18/203) with 2 cases of pneumonic type and 16 cases of pontiac fever type.


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggested that an outbreak of Legionnaires' desease caused by Legionella bozemanii (Lboz) took place in a suburb of Beijing. However the report of the outbreak caused by Lboz had not been found in related references.
Deng
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Beijing Corps Hospital, Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100027, China.
Fang
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Wan
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D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel