title: Preliminary report: outbreak of Legionnaires disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012.
abstract: Research is ongoing on eighteen cases of Legionellosis, including four deaths, identified among tourists and employees in a hotel in Calp, Spain. Cases occurred during a period of two months, indicating the possibility of a point-source transmission at the hotel. An environmental investigation identified several positive samples in the hotel, which as a precautionary measure, was closed until requested improvements were made. Surveillance measures currently remain active.
authors.affiliation: Surveillance and Epidemiologic Control Unit, Public Health Directorate, Regional Goverment of Valencia, Spain. Vanaclocha_her@gva.es
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vanaclocha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guiral
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Morera
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Calatayud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jerez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water