Epidemiological Update: Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Blanes, Catalonia, SpainArchived
The Public Health Authorities of Catalonia, Spain, have notified a community acquired outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Blanes. Blanes is a coastal town in the province of Girona.
The Public Health Authorities of Catalonia, Spain, have notified a community acquired outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Blanes. Blanes is a coastal town in the province of Girona.
The outbreak was detected during the week from 3 to 9 September. Up to date, 10 cases have been notified of whom four are hospitalised. Four of the affected persons are tourists from the Netherlands and Latvia. The remaining six people are Spanish.
Dates of disease onset vary between 28 August and 3 September. The first three detected cases were tourists staying in a campsite and another had visited it, so the initial investigations were concentrated to this site. The rest of the cases were detected among people staying in homes in the municipality. The water system in the campsite and cooling towers close to the campsite have been cleaned and disinfected and samples have been taken. Microbiological results are still pending.
No more cases have been notified with date of symptoms onset after 3 September.
