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Trends in Microbiology, 2021 This work was financially supported by Base Funding – UIDB/00511/2020 of LEPABE and funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC); Project Biocide_for_Biofilm – PTDC/BII-BTI/30219/2017 – POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030219, pBio4.0 – POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033298, funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020 – Programa Operacional Competitividade e ...
Inês G. Gonçalves +2 more
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Legionella pneumophila: The Journey from the Environment to the Blood
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 An outbreak of a potentially fatal form of pneumonia in 1976 and in the annual convention of the American Legion was the first time that Legionella spp. was identified. Thereafter, the term Legionnaires’ disease (LD) was established.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Legionnaires’ disease (LD) (Legionella) is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in those requiring hospitalization. Geographical variation in the importance of Legionella species as an aetiologic agent of CAP is poorly understood.
F. Graham +4 more
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Legionellosis risk—an overview of Legionella spp. habitats in Europe
Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022 An increase in the number of reports of legionellosis in the European Union and the European Economic Area have been recorded in recent years. The increase in cases is significant: from 6947 reports in 2015 to 11,298 in 2019.
Piotr Kanarek +2 more
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Application of Secondary Treated Municipal Wastewater for Irrigation of Agricultural Lands: Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Legionella [PDF]
علوم و مهندسی آب و فاضلاب, 2021 Water scarcity is a main issue in most countries in the worldwide. Nowadays, irrigation with treated wastewater is becoming a necessary alternative to addressing issues of water shortage, especially in arid and semiarid countries.The potential health ...
Marzieh Farhadkhani +2 more
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Pathogenicity and Virulence of Legionella: Intracellular replication and host response
Virulence, 2021 Bacteria of the genus Legionella are natural pathogens of amoebae that can cause a severe pneumonia in humans called Legionnaires’ Disease. Human disease results from inhalation of Legionella-contaminated aerosols and subsequent bacterial replication ...
Deepika Chauhan, Stephanie R. Shames
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Legionellosis Caused by Non-Legionella pneumophila Species, with a Focus on Legionella longbeachae
Microorganisms, 2021 Although known as causes of community-acquired pneumonia and Pontiac fever, the global burden of infection caused by Legionella species other than Legionella pneumophila is under-recognised. Non-L.
S. Chambers +3 more
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 Numbers of listeriosis illnesses have been increasing in Germany and the European Union during the last decade. In addition, reports on the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in Listeria monocytogenes in clinical and environmental isolates are ...
Martin A. Fischer +5 more
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Legionnaires' Disease: State of the Art Knowledge of Pathogenesis Mechanisms of Legionella.
Annual Review of Pathology, 2020 Legionella species are environmental gram-negative bacteria able to cause a severe form of pneumonia in humans known as Legionnaires' disease. Since the identification of Legionella pneumophila in 1977, four decades of research on Legionella biology and ...
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Microorganisms, 2021 Legionella is able to remain in water as free-living planktonic bacteria or to grow within biofilms that adhere to the pipes. It is also able to enter amoebas or to switch into a viable but not culturable (VBNC) state, which contributes to its resistance
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