Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on a Merchant Vessel, Indian Ocean, Australia, 2015
Timothy J.J. Inglis
, Chantal Spittle, Hilary Carmichael, Jaala Downes, Marilina Chiari, Adrian McQueen-Mason, Adam J. Merritt, Meredith Hodge, Ronan J. Murray, and Gary K. Dowse
Author affiliations: PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (T.J.J. Inglis, M. Chiari, A. McQueen-Mason, A.J. Merritt, M. Hodge, R.J. Murray); University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia (T.J.J. Inglis, A.J. Merritt, M. Hodge, R.J. Murray); Shire of Esperance, Esperance, Western Australia (C. Spittle); Western Australia Country Health Service, Broome, Western Australia (H. Carmichael); Western Australia Department of Health, Shenton Park, Western Australia (J. Downes, G.K. Dowse); Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands (R.J. Murray)
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Figure 1. Dismantled showerhead from nonpassenger merchant vessel showing multiple inner parts, including 7 O-rings, all of which were in contact with water passing through shower, Australia, 2015.
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