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Outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease among shipyard workers, Turku, Finland, May to November 2019.
Linkevicius, Marius; Cristea, Veronica; Siira, Lotta; Mäkelä, Henna; Toropainen, Maija; Pitkäpaasi, Marjaana; Dub, Timothee; Nohynek, Hanna; Puumalainen, Taneli; Rintala, Esa; Laaksonen, Merja E; Feuth, Thijs; Grönroos, Juha O; Peltoniemi, Jutta; Frilander, Heikki; Lindström, Irmeli; Sane, Jussi.
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  • Linkevicius M; Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Cristea V; European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Siira L; Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Mäkelä H; European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Toropainen M; Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Pitkäpaasi M; Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Dub T; Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Nohynek H; Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Puumalainen T; Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Rintala E; Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Laaksonen ME; Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
  • Feuth T; Department of Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control, Turku University Hospital (TYKS), Turku, Finland.
  • Grönroos JO; Department of Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control, Turku University Hospital (TYKS), Turku, Finland.
  • Peltoniemi J; Division of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital (TYKS), Turku Finland.
  • Frilander H; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Lindström I; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Hospital (TYKS), Turku, Finland.
  • Sane J; Infection Control Unit, Welfare Division, City of Turku, Finland.
Euro Surveill ; 24(49)2019 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31822326
We report an outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia among shipyard workers, in Turku, Southwest Finland. In total, 31 confirmed and six probable cases were identified between 3 May and 28 November 2019. Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 12F, 4 and 8 were isolated from blood cultures of 25 cases. Occupational hygiene measures and vaccination of ca 4,000 workers are underway to control the outbreak at the shipyard.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Infecções Pneumocócicas / Pneumonia Pneumocócica / Streptococcus pneumoniae / Surtos de Doenças Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Infecções Pneumocócicas / Pneumonia Pneumocócica / Streptococcus pneumoniae / Surtos de Doenças Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article