A collaboration between Eawag, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the Cantonal Laboratory of Zurich
Legionella do not live in isolation; they share the available space in biofilms with many other microorganisms. Their interactions with these organisms could give key insights on …
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Ursula Lauper (Section Chief, Water Systems Control & Analysis, USA) will give us an insight into her work in the legionella field.
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Professor Dr Amy Pruden (Virginia Tech, USA) will give us an insight into her research about legionella and other opportunistic pathogens.
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Professor Dr Sébastien Faucher (McGill University, Canada) will give us an insight into his legionella research.
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Dr. Markus Petzold gives an insight into the methodology and relevance of fine typing of legionella.
On 8 November, Fabienne Fischer (PhD in the LeCo team) will give an online presentation in English: “The epidemiology of Legionnaires’ disease in Switzerland: A (re-) emerging …
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Dr. Jade Mitchell will give an insight into her research with a focus on “risk management” in the context of legionella.
PostDoc position available on ‘Legionella ecology in buildings’ at Eawag in the context of the LeCo project. Further information: Job advertisement
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Dr. Michel Haller presents a recently completed legionella field study conducted by the SPF Institute for Solar Technology in 110 buildings.
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Kelsie Cassell provides insights into her research on the epidemiology of community-acquired Legionnaires’ disease (LD) and Legionella source identification.
In another LeCo seminar, invited speaker Stefan Kötzsch provides insights into the practice (in german): finding the cause and eliminating legionella contamination.
Problems with Legionella are multi-dimensional. It requires the involvement of different disciplines and stakeholders/contributors, as well as close cooperation between research and practice. The LeCo team is organising a public and free virtual LeCo seminar series.
FOPH- funded PhD position available on ‘Legionnaires’ disease in Switzerland’ at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. The PhD project collaborates with the research consortium of …
Harnessing information from routinely collected data of notifiable diseases such as Legionnaires’ disease forms the basis for epidemiological assessments and is of great importance for extensive research …
In Switzerland, the number of Legionnaires’ disease cases more than doubled since 2008 to about 600 cases in 2019. The cause of this increase is not well …
