Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers

Sporadic Legionnaires’ disease is frequently detected in commercial truck drivers. We report 2 sporadic cases of this disease in Barcelona, Spain, that occurred during December 2019 and September 2020. Laboratory findings were consistent with windshield wiper fluid without added screen wash as a pos...

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Autores principales: Politi, Julieta, Queralt, Andreu, Valero, Natalia, Martín-Gómez, Maria T., Durán, Raquel González, Parra, Elena, Camps, Sara Sabaté, Avellanés, Ingrid, Hernández-Pineda, Anna, Masdeu, Eva, Rius, Cristina, Álamo-Junquera, Dolores
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35318929
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.210814
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author Politi, Julieta
Queralt, Andreu
Valero, Natalia
Martín-Gómez, Maria T.
Durán, Raquel González
Parra, Elena
Camps, Sara Sabaté
Avellanés, Ingrid
Hernández-Pineda, Anna
Masdeu, Eva
Rius, Cristina
Álamo-Junquera, Dolores
author_facet Politi, Julieta
Queralt, Andreu
Valero, Natalia
Martín-Gómez, Maria T.
Durán, Raquel González
Parra, Elena
Camps, Sara Sabaté
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description Sporadic Legionnaires’ disease is frequently detected in commercial truck drivers. We report 2 sporadic cases of this disease in Barcelona, Spain, that occurred during December 2019 and September 2020. Laboratory findings were consistent with windshield wiper fluid without added screen wash as a possible source of infection for both cases.
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spelling pubmed-89629112022-04-02 Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers Politi, Julieta Queralt, Andreu Valero, Natalia Martín-Gómez, Maria T. Durán, Raquel González Parra, Elena Camps, Sara Sabaté Avellanés, Ingrid Hernández-Pineda, Anna Masdeu, Eva Rius, Cristina Álamo-Junquera, Dolores Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Sporadic Legionnaires’ disease is frequently detected in commercial truck drivers. We report 2 sporadic cases of this disease in Barcelona, Spain, that occurred during December 2019 and September 2020. Laboratory findings were consistent with windshield wiper fluid without added screen wash as a possible source of infection for both cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8962911/ /pubmed/35318929 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.210814 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Politi, Julieta
Queralt, Andreu
Valero, Natalia
Martín-Gómez, Maria T.
Durán, Raquel González
Parra, Elena
Camps, Sara Sabaté
Avellanés, Ingrid
Hernández-Pineda, Anna
Masdeu, Eva
Rius, Cristina
Álamo-Junquera, Dolores
Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers
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title_full Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers
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title_full_unstemmed Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers
title_short Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers
title_sort vehicle windshield wiper fluid as potential source of sporadic legionnaires’ disease in commercial truck drivers
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35318929
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.210814
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