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| Hotels Legionella Cases |
| Hundreds of hotels and holiday apartments in Europe are known
to be high-risk buildings for Legionella infection, but this information
is kept secret by European health authorities, according to the Dutch newspaper
NRC Handelsblad in a story published on Sept 21st. During the past 5 years
the newspaper reports that 12 000 European tourists have been infected with
Legionella pneumophila at holiday resorts across Europe and an estimated
1200 have died. Legionella infection is categorized as Class 4 infections
under the new Infections Law and is designated as a disease of which reporting
is necessary within seven days |
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Hotel |
Country |
Cases |
Loss |
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| 2005 |
Malaga,Spain |
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| 2004 |
Maryland Hotel |
USA |
5 |
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| 2003/2004 |
Cyprus Hotel |
Cyprus |
2 |
1 |
| 2003 |
German Cruise Ship |
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5 |
1 |
| 2003 |
Spain Spa |
Spain |
4 |
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| 2003 |
UK Hotel |
UK |
19 |
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| 2003 |
Hotel in Ocean City |
USA |
7 |
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| 2003 |
Israeli Hotel |
Israeli |
7 |
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| 2002 |
Hot spring resort |
Japan |
252 |
6 |
| 2002 |
Youth Hostel |
Greece |
7 |
1 |
| 2002 |
Los Angeles Hospital |
USA |
9 |
2 |
| 2002 |
Hotel in Freeport,Illinois |
USA |
31 |
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| 2002 |
Country Inns & Suites |
USA |
67 |
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| 1999 |
Welsh hotel in South Wales |
UK |
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| 1998 |
Hotel in Benidorm |
Spain |
3 |
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| 1997 |
Hotel Festival,Istanbul |
Turkey |
17 |
4 |
| 1976 |
Bellevue Stratford
Hotel (FIRST CASE) |
USA |
221 |
34 |
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