TY - JOUR AU - Atikessé, Laura AU - Kadaoui, Nabila AU - Lavallée, Vincent AU - Levac, Éric AU - St-Amour, Marie AU - Milord, François T1 - Environmental Investigation during Legionellosis Outbreak, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 11 SP - 2357 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In August 2021, a legionellosis outbreak involving 7 persons occurred within a 500-meter radius in the Montérégie region of Québec, Canada. Near real-time modeling of wind direction along with epidemiologic and environmental investigations identified the possible source. Modeling wind direction could help identify likely Legionella pneumophila sources during legionellosis outbreaks. KW - Legionella pneumophila KW - legionellosis KW - outbreak KW - water cooling tower KW - wind rose KW - Canada KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2811.220151 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/22-0151_article ER - End of Reference