Recurrence of Legionnaires Disease at a Hotel in the United States Virgin Islands Over a 20-Year Period

Authors

Karen D. Cowgill, University of Washington TacomaFollow
Claressa E. Lucas
Robert F. Benson
Shadi Chamany
Ellen W. Brown
Barry S. Fields
Daniel R. Feikin

Publication Date

4-15-2005

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We investigated 3 cases of legionnaires disease (LD) that developed in travelers who stayed at a hotel in the United States Virgin Islands where cases of LD occurred in 1981-1982 and in 1998. The temperature of the potable water at the hotel was in a range that could optimally support the growth of Legionella species, and the potable water was colonized with Legionella pneumophila in 1981-1982 and in 2002-2003.

Publication Title

Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Volume

40

Issue

8

First Page

1205

Last Page

1207

DOI

10.1086/428844

Publisher Policy

open access

Open Access Status

OA Journal

Recommended Citation

Cowgill, Karen D.; Lucas, Claressa E.; Benson, Robert F.; Chamany, Shadi; Brown, Ellen W.; Fields, Barry S.; and Feikin, Daniel R., "Recurrence of Legionnaires Disease at a Hotel in the United States Virgin Islands Over a 20-Year Period" (2005). SIAS Faculty Publications. 605.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ias_pub/605