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1854. Legionnaires’ Disease Case Exposure Classification Differs by Race and Ethnicity and Neighborhood Health — California, 2011–2021

BACKGROUND: Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria transmitted by inhalation of contaminated water droplets found in poorly maintained water systems. During 2012–2020, 53% of California LD patients were white and 14% were black; however, these groups account f...

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Autores principales: Schember, Cassandra O, Rutschmann, Sarah, Kimura, Akiko, Nguyen, Alyssa, Vugia, Duc, Jain, Seema
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678437/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1682