LeCo at the 7th ESGLI meeting
The 7th ESGLI Meeting was held from 23-25 October in Crete. The meeting brought together a group of Legionella experts from around the world, and covered a …
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Friends and enemies of Legionella: a look into your shower
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 …
Public LeCo Seminar 7 October 2022: An Overview of Environmental Health Practice, Research, and Policy on Legionella and legionellosis in New York State, USA (in English)
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.
Public LeCo seminar 23 March 2021: Hurdles in understanding the epidemiology of sporadic Legionnaires’ disease (in English)
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.
Legionnaires’ disease: Analysis of notification data
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 …
Legionnaires’ disease, test volume & positivity rate in CH
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 …