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National surveillance of legionnaires’ disease, China, 2014-2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.3201/eid2506.171431
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We report national surveillance of Legionnaires’ disease in China. Urine samples from 11 (3.85%) of 286 patients with severe pneumonia of unknown cause were positive for the Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen. We isolated Legionella strains from 7 patients. Improved diagnostic testing is needed for this underestimated disease in China.

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Qin, T., Ren, H., Chen, D., Zhou, H., Jiang, L., Wu, D., … Pei, F. (2019, June 1). National surveillance of legionnaires’ disease, China, 2014-2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.171431

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