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3.3 APPENDIX 1: Scopus literature search results

  1. BARRABEIG I., ROVIRA A., GARCIA M., OLIVA J.M., VILAMALA A., FERRER M.D., SABRIÁ, M. & DOMÍNGUEZ A (2010) Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a supermarket mist machine Epidemiology and Infection 138 (12), pp. 1823-1828. http
  2. KERAMAROU M. & EVANS M.R (2010) A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in South Wales, August-September 2010 Eurosurveillance 15 (42), pp.1-4. http pdf
  3. VAN DEN WIJNGAARD C. C., VAN ASTEN L., VAN PELT W., DOORNBOS G., NAGELKERKE N. J. D., DONKER G. A, VAN DER HOEK W. & KOOPMANS M., P. G. (2010) Syndromic surveillance for local outbreaks of lower-respiratory infections: would it work? PLoS ONE 5(4): e10406 http pdf
  4. CAMPESE C., ROCHE D., CLÉMENT C., FIEROBE F., JARRAUD S., DE WAELLE P., PERRIN H. & CHE D (2010) Cluster of Legionnaires' disease associated with a public whirlpool spa, France, April - May 2010 Eurosurveillance 15 (26) http
  5. WARD M., BOLAND M., NICOLAY N., MURPHY H., MCELHINEY J., COLLINS C., LYNCH M., MCCARTHY M. & O' DONNELL J. (2010) A cluster of Legionnaires' disease and associated Pontiac Fever morbidity in office workers, Dublin, June-July 2008 Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2010, art. no. 463926, doi:10.1155/2010/463926 http pdf
  6. CARR R., WARREN R., TOWERS L., BARTHOLOMEW A., DUGGAL H.V., REHMAN Y., HARRISON T.G. & OLOWOKURE B (2010) Investigating a cluster of Legionnaires' cases: public health implications Public Health 124 (6), pp. 326-331. http
  7. RUDBECK M., JEPSEN M. R., SONNE I. B., ULDUM S. A., VISKUM S. & MØLBAK K. (2010) Geographical variation of sporadic Legionnaires' disease analysed in a grid model Epidemiology and Infection 138 (1), pp. 9-14. http
  8. COETZEE N., LIU W.K., ASTBURY N., WILLIAMS P., ROBINSON S., AFZA M., DUGGAL H.V (2009) Legionnaires' disease cluster linked to a metal product aqueous pre-treatment process, Staffordshire, England, May 2008. Eurosurveillance 14(40). pii: 19348 http
  9. PALMORE T.N., STOCK F., WHITE M., BORDNER M., MICHELIN A., BENNETT J.E., MURRAY P.R., HENDERSON D.K (2009) A cluster of cases of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease linked to a contaminated hospital decorative water fountain Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 30 (8), pp. 764-768. http
  10. LOCK K., MILLETT C., HEATHCOCK R., JOSEPH C.A., HARRISON T.G., LEE J.V., RAO G. & SURMAN-LEE S (2008) Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' disease Epidemiology and Infection 136 (10), pp. 1306-1314. http
  11. CASINI B., VALENTINI P., BAGGIANI A., TORRACCA F., FRATESCHI S., NELLI L.C. & PRIVITERA G (2008) Molecular epidemiology of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates following long-term chlorine dioxide treatment in a university hospital water system Journal of Hospital Infection 69 (2), pp. 141-147. http
  12. DIATLOV I.A., SHEMIAKIN I.G., BANNOV V.A., VETCHININ S.S. & KHRAMOV M.V (2008) Genetic and immunochemical study of Legionella strains isolated in Sverdlovsk region Zhurnal mikrobiologii epidemiologii, i immunobiologii, (2), pp. 37-43. http
  13. CAZALET C., JARRAUD S., GHAVI-HELM Y., KUNST F., GLASER P., ETIENNE J. & BUCHRIESER C (2008) Multigenome analysis identifies a worldwide distributed epidemic Legionella pneumophila clone that emerged within a highly diverse species Genome Research 18 (3), pp. 431-441. http
  14. BELLIDO-BLASCO J.B., PELAZ-ANTOLI´N, C., DELAS-GONZA´LEZ MA.A., SARRIO´N-MARTI´NEZ J., MORENO-MUN~OZ MA.R. & HERRERO-CAROT C (2008) Aggregation of cases of Legionella pneumonia in workers related to the ceramic industry in Castellon, Spain, 2006 Revista Espanola de Salud Publica 82 (1), pp. 111-116. http
  15. ROTA M.C., CANO PORTERO R., CHE D., CAPORALI M.G., HERNANDO V. & CAMPESE C (2007) Clusters of travel-associated Legionnaires' disease in Italy, Spain and France, July 2002 - June 2006. Eurosurveillance 12 (11), pp. E3-4. http
  16. KIRRAGE D., REYNOLDS G., SMITH G.E. & OLOWOKURE B; HEREFORD LEGIONNAIRES' OUTBREAK CONTROL TEAM (2007) Investigation of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease: Hereford, UK 2003 Respiratory Medicine 101(8), pp.1639-1644 http
  17. GILMOUR M.W., BERNARD K., TRACZ D.M., OLSON A.B., CORBETT C.R., BURDZ T., NG B., WIEBE D., BROUKHANSKI G., BOLESZCZUK P., TANG P., JAMIESON F., VAN DOMSELAAR G., PLUMMER F.A. & BERRY J.D (2007) Molecular typing of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Ontario, Canada Journal of Medical Microbiology 56 (3), pp. 336-341. http
  18. DEN BOER J.W., VERHOEF L., BENCINI M.A., BRUIN J.P., JANSEN R. & YZERMAN E.P.F (2007) Outbreak detection and secondary prevention of Legionnaires' disease: A national approach International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 210 (1), pp. 1-7. http
  19. RUSCOE Q., HILL S., BLACKMORE T. & MCLEAN M (2006) An outbreak of Legionella pneumophila suspected to be associated with spa pools on display at a retail store in New Zealand New Zealand Medical Journal 119 (1243) http
  20. JOSEPH C.A. & VAN DER SANDE M (2006) Unexplained summer increase in non-travel-related legionellosis in the UK and Netherlands. Eurosurveillance 11( 42) http
  21. RICKETTS K.D., SLAYMAKER E., VERLANDER N.Q. & JOSEPH C.A (2006) What is the probability of successive cases of Legionnaires' disease occurring in European hotels? International Journal of Epidemiology 35 (2), pp. 354-360. http
  22. LIU H.-L., LAM L.T., HOU C.-C., XU Y. & CHEN X.-M (2006) A study of Legionella pneumophilia in Tianjin, China International Journal of Environmental Health Research 16 (1), pp. 15- 20 http
  23. ROTA M.C., PONTRELLI G., SCATURRO M., BELLA A., BELLOMO A.R., TRINITO M.O., SALMASO S. & RICCI M.L (2005) Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Rome, Italy Epidemiology and Infection 133 (5), pp. 853-859. http
  24. SCATURRO M., LOSARDO M., DE PONTE G. & RICCI M.L (2005) Comparison of three molecular methods used for subtyping of Legionella pneumophila strains isolated during an epidemic of legionellosis in Rome Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43 (10), pp. 5348-5350. http
  25. RICKETTS K. & JOSEPH C (2004) Travel associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe: 2002. Eurosurveillance 9 (10), pp. 40-43. http
  26. DARELID J., BERNANDER S., JACOBSON K. & LO¨FGREN S (2004) The presence of a specific genotype of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in a hospital and municipal water distribution system over a 12-year period Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 36 (6-7), pp. 417-423. http
  27. BERNANDER S., JACOBSON K. & LUNDHOLM M (2004) A hospital-associated outbreak of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroups 4 and 10 with a common genetic fingerprinting pattern Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica 112 (3), pp. 210-217. http
  28. RICKETTS K. & JOSEPH C (2004) Travel associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe: 2002. Eurosurveillance 9 (2), pp. 6-9. http
  29. CANO R., PRIETO N., MARTÍN, C., PELAZ C. & DE MATEO S. (2004) Legionnaires' disease clusters associated with travel to Spain during the period January 2001 to July 2003. Eurosurveillance 9 (2), pp. 14-15. http
  30. RUDBECK M.G. & HANSEN H.L (2004) Geographical variation of Legionella infections in a Danish county [Legionella-infektioner i Randers] Ugeskrift for Laeger 166 (3), pp. 159-162. http
  31. NAGELKERKE N.J.D., BOSHUIZEN H.C., DE MELKER H.E., SCHELLEKENS J.F.P., PEETERS M.F. & CONYN-VAN SPAENDONCK M (2003) Estimating the incidence of subclinical infections with Legionella pneumonia using data augmentation: analysis of an outbreak in the Netherlands Statistics in Medicine 22 (24), pp. 3713-3724. http
  32. NAKAMURA H., YAGYU H., KISHI K., TSUCHIDA F., OHI-ISHII S., YAMAGUCHI K. & MATSUOKA T (2003) A large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease due to an inadequate circulating and filtration system for bath water - Epidemiologic manifestations - Internal Medicine 42 (9), pp. 806-811. http
  33. BERNANDER S., JACOBSON K., HELBIG J.H., LÜCK P.C. & LUNDHOLM M (2003) A hospital-associated outbreak of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 is characterized by stable genetic fingerprinting but variable monoclonal antibody patterns Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41(6), pp.2503-2508. http
  34. JANSÀ, J.M., CAYLÀ, J.A., FERRER D., GRACIA J., PELAZ C., SALVADOR M., BENAVIDES A., PELLICER T., RODRIGUEZ P., GARCÉS, J.MA., SEGURA A., GUIX J., PLASENCIA A., ARMENGOU J.MA., BOTIA A., MORENO B., FERRER A., GARCÍA DE OLALLA P., GUIX J., PAÑELLA H., PEDRO R., SANZ M., VILLALBÍ RAMÓN, J., DÍEZ A., GARCÍA-CARASUSAN M., MANZANERA R., BENEYTO V., MASDÉU, J., GARRIGA R., DOMÍNGUEZ A., SALLERAS L., ALVAREZ J., BRAVO C., FLORES J., GUDIOL F., GRAU R., MATIA L., MONTERDE R., MORELL F., OROMÍ, J., SABRIÀ, M., TRILLA A. & VAQUÉ, J (2002) An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in an inner city district: Importance of the first 24 hours in the investigation International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 6 (9), pp. 831-838. http pdf
  35. FIELDS B.S., HAPUT T., DAVIS J.P., ARDUINO M.J., MILLER P.H. & BUTLER J.C. (2001) Pontiac fever due to Legionella micdadei from a whirlpool spa: possible role of bacterial endotoxin Journal of Infectious Diseases 184 (10), pp. 1289-1292. http
  36. LEVER F., JOSEPH C.A (2001) Travel associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe in 1999. Eurosurveillance 6 (4), pp. 53-61. http
  37. BROWN J., HORT K., BOUWMAN R., CAPON A., BANSAL N., GOLDTHORPE I., CHANT K. & VEMULPAD S (2001) Investigation and control of a cluster of cases of Legionnaires' disease in western Sydney. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 25 (2), pp. 63-6. http
  38. KOOL J.L., BUCHHOLZ U., PETERSON C., BROWN E.W., BENSON R.F., PRUCKLER J.M., FIELDS B.S., STURGEON J., LEHNKERING E., CORDOVA R., MASCOLA L.M. & BUTLER J.C (2000) Strengths and limitations of molecular subtyping in a community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease Epidemiology and Infection 125 (3), pp. 599-608. http
  39. REGAN C.M., SYED Q., MUTTON K. & WIRATUNGA B (2000) A pseudo community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on Merseyside; implications for investigation of suspected clusters Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 54 (10), pp. 766-769. http
  40. MONTANARO-PUNZENGRUBER J.C., HICKS L., MEYER W. & GILBERT G.L (1999) Australian isolates of Legionella longbeachae are not a clonal population Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37 (10), pp. 3249-3254. http
  41. NEWTON L.H., JOSEPH C.A., HUTCHINSON E.J., HARRISON T.G., WATSON J.M. & BARTLETT C.L (1996) Legionnaires' disease surveillance: England and Wales, 1995. Communicable disease report. CDR review 6 (11), pp. R151-155. http
  42. NO AUTHORS LISTED (1996) Cluster of cases of Legionnaires' disease associated with travel to Turkey. Communicable disease report. CDR weekly 6 (41), p. 355. http
  43. PRODINGER W.M (1994) Legionella pneumonia in transplant recipients: A cluster of cases of eight years' duration Journal of Hospital Infection 26 (3), pp. 191-202. http
  44. WATSON J. M., MITCHELL E., GABBAY J., MAGUIRE H., BOYLE M., BRUCE J., TOMLINSON M., LEE J. V., HARRISON T. G., UTTLEY A., O'MAHONY M. C., & CUNNINGHAM D. (1994) Piccadilly Circus Legionnaires' disease outbreak Journal of Public Health Medicine 16 (3), pp. 341-347. http
  45. BHOPAL R. S., DIGGLE P. & ROWLINGSON B. (1992) Pinpointing clusters of apparently sporadic cases of Legionnaires' disease British Medical Journal 304 (6833), pp. 1022-1027. http pdf
  46. NO AUTHORS LISTED (1991) Legionellosis and travel Communicable Disease Report weekly 1 (35), p.157. http
  47. PFALLER M., HOLLIS R., JOHNSON W., MASSANARI R.M., HELMS C., WENZEL R., HALL N., MOYER N. & JOLY J (1989) The application of molecular and immunologic techniques to study the epidemiology of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 12 (4), pp. 295-302. http
  48. SELANDER R.K., MCKINNEY R.M. & WHITTAM T.S (1985) Genetic structure of populations of Legionella pneumophila Journal of Bacteriology 163 (3), pp. 1021-1037. http
  49. BROWN A., LEMA M., CIESIELSKI C.A. & BLASER M.J (1985) Combined plasmid and peptide analysis of clinical and environmental Legionella pneumophila strains associated with a small cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases Infection 13 (4), pp. 163-166. http