Environmental Investigation and Surveillance for Legionella in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000–2020

The reported rate of legionellosis is increasing in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) with most cases community-acquired, sporadic (non-outbreak) and without an identifiable source. This analysis used two datasets to describe the environmental sources that contribute to Legionella in NZ, based on linkages w...

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Autores principales: Graham, Frances F., Harte, David J. G., Baker, Michael G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10063469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36997742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03261-9
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description The reported rate of legionellosis is increasing in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) with most cases community-acquired, sporadic (non-outbreak) and without an identifiable source. This analysis used two datasets to describe the environmental sources that contribute to Legionella in NZ, based on linkages with outbreaks and sporadic clinical cases, and analysis of environmental testing data. These findings highlight the need for enhanced environmental investigation of clinical cases and outbreaks. There is also a need for systematic surveillance testing of high-risk source environments to support more rigorous controls to prevent legionellosis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00284-023-03261-9.
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spelling pubmed-100634692023-04-01 Environmental Investigation and Surveillance for Legionella in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000–2020 Graham, Frances F. Harte, David J. G. Baker, Michael G. Curr Microbiol Short Communication The reported rate of legionellosis is increasing in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) with most cases community-acquired, sporadic (non-outbreak) and without an identifiable source. This analysis used two datasets to describe the environmental sources that contribute to Legionella in NZ, based on linkages with outbreaks and sporadic clinical cases, and analysis of environmental testing data. These findings highlight the need for enhanced environmental investigation of clinical cases and outbreaks. There is also a need for systematic surveillance testing of high-risk source environments to support more rigorous controls to prevent legionellosis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00284-023-03261-9. Springer US 2023-03-30 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10063469/ /pubmed/36997742 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03261-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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