Posted by John Herbert Sorry to hear you lost your father. One does not contract LD from only indoor Although I have never visited Lithuania, 1) hospital; I would suggest that investigation standards regards, : My father died this past Oct. from
on 4/12/2004, 10:01 am, in reply to "Legionnaire's On Airplanes?????"
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hi Heather,
The air conditioning systems in planes
are unlike buildings, using compressed
air and are not water based. Hence the
plane is not a Legionella source.
environments. Legionella can be contracted
whilst just walking around outside. For example
BBC HQ outbreak, Central Paris outbreak, etc.
I would guess the probable sources:
2) apartment;
3) external source (outside water fountain
or cooling tower)
and testing in Lithuania would be somewhat
lower than the rest of Europe.
John Herbert
: Legionnaire's disease....he had just come
: from a visit abroad to Lithuania...he
: traveled on Scandanavian Air and Lithuanian
: Airlines....he did work in a hospital but no
: one in the hospital has come down with the
: disease--he was quite important so they did
: extensive testing at the hopsital....the
: person he shared his apartment with is fine
: as are all of the other people that have
: stayed there....does anyone know if
: Legionnaire's Disease has been found to exist
: on airplanes?
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