Stavanger, Norway, 3 Cases, Sept. 2002

On 5-6 September 2002, Legionella infection was confirmed in a 49-year-old Sandnes man and a 55-year-old Stavanger man. The only common factor identified is that both make a 15-kilometer commute to work daily between Sandnes and Stavanger. Both were hospitalized in Rogaland and have recovered. A third case, a 62-year-old Stavanger woman, was identified on 7 September. News of the three cases worried Stavanger residents because an outbreak involving 28 cases and 7 deaths occurred there during the summer of 2001. Source: Aftenposten