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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Dispatch

Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on a Merchant Vessel, Indian Ocean, Australia, 2015

Timothy J.J. InglisComments to Author , 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 2

Accommodation deck plan, Australia, 2015. Cabins (n = 10) and other rooms (ACU, air conditioning unit) from which environmental samples were collected on August 27, 2015 are indicated in dark gray. PCR-positive locations are indicated by red semicircles; upper, shower water, or swab; lower, mixer tap water or swab. The 3 case-patients occupied cabins 18, 22, and 29.

Figure 2. Accommodation deck plan, Australia, 2015. Cabins (n = 10) and other rooms (ACU, air conditioning unit) from which environmental samples were collected on August 27, 2015 are indicated in dark gray. PCR-positive locations are indicated by red semicircles; upper, shower water or swab; lower, mixer tap water or swab. The 3 case-patients occupied cabins 18, 22, and 29.

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