Research project: Legionella control in buildings
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
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 …
On 6 October, Dr. William Rhoads (postdoc in the LeCo team) will give an online presentation in English: “Holistic Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Investigation: Thinking Beyond the Building”Tuesday, …
First data from an ongoing case study of Legionella pneumophila behaviour in a building plumbing system during and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Switzerland Background Growth …
Link: Official press release
