Legionella transmission through cooling towers: towards better control and research of a neglected pathogen

Lancet Respir Med. 2019 May;7(5):378-380. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30041-4. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Authors

Anne Paschke¹, Ulrich E Schaible², Wolfgang Hein³

Affiliations

¹ INFECTIONS'21, Leibniz Research Consortium, Borstel, Germany; GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: anne.paschke@web.de.
² INFECTIONS'21, Leibniz Research Consortium, Borstel, Germany; Research Center Borstel-Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
³ INFECTIONS'21, Leibniz Research Consortium, Borstel, Germany; GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 30930109
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30041-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Air Conditioning / instrumentation*
Heating / instrumentation*
Humans
Legionella pneumophila*
Legionnaires' Disease / etiology*