Sessile Legionella pneumophila is able to grow on surfaces and generate structured monospecies biofilms [PDF]
, 2010 Currently, models for studying Legionella pneumophila biofilm formation rely on multi-species biofilms with low reproducibility or on growth in rich medium, where planktonic growth is unavoidable.
Bergé, Mathieu +3 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Incidence of Legionnaires’ disease is increasing, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic states in the United States; since 2015, New Jersey has documented ≈250–350 legionellosis cases per year. We used SaTScan software to develop a semiautomated surveillance
Jessie A. Gleason, Kathleen M. Ross
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Poder para os repórteres da saúde: a literacia em saúde como uma ferramenta para evitar as pressões das fontes de informação [PDF]
, 2017 The second biggest Legionnaires’ disease outbreak worldwide occurred in Portugal in 2014. It was classified by the WHO as a “great public health emergency,” and it was subject to a unique media coverage in Portugal.
Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso +1 more
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Guinea pigs sublethally infected with aerosolized Legionella pneumophila develop humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and are protected against lethal aerosol challenge. A model for studying host defense against lung infections caused by intracellular pathogens. [PDF]
, 1987 We have employed the guinea pig model of L. pneumophila infection, which mimics Legionnaires' disease in humans both clinically and pathologically, to study humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to L.
Breiman, RF, Horwitz, MA
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Beyond Formal Agreements: EU Agencies' Cooperation with Third Countries
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Third countries' participation in European Union (EU) agencies is attracting increasing attention as venues for differentiated European integration. Research has started to vest into the host of formal agreements regulating this cooperation. However, regulatory outreach by EU agencies may be more important than it is stated de jure, as many ...
Thibaud Deruelle +2 more
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Legionella spp. Colonization on Non-Passenger Ships Calling at Belgian Ports
Medical Sciences Forum, 2022 The association of cases of Legionnaires’ disease and ships has been well documented. Results from potable water samples collected for microbiological analysis during SSC inspections conducted from 2010 to 2018 at Belgian ports were analyzed in order to ...
Leonidas Kourentis +11 more
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Spatial methods for infectious disease outbreak investigations: systematic literature review [PDF]
, 2015 Investigations of infectious disease outbreaks are conventionally framed in terms of person, time and place. Although geographic information systems have increased the range of tools available, spatial analyses are used relatively ...
Bull, M +5 more
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Trauma and affect in a Holocaust survivor's story: Rosita Fanto's novel Rozalia Alone
Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract My article endeavors to redress the neglect of Rosita Fanto's Rozalia Alone (2010), which deals with a page of history that is less known worldwide, the Holocaust in Romania. Using a trauma studies perspective that mixes with affect theory, the article demonstrates that Rozalia Alone covers in a nutshell the whole magnitude of the late 1930s ...
Arleen Ionescu
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Characterization of avirulent mutant Legionella pneumophila that survive but do not multiply within human monocytes. [PDF]
, 1987 Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, is a Gram-negative bacterium and a facultative intracellular parasite that multiplies in human monocytes and alveolar macrophages. In this paper, mutants of L.
Horwitz, MA
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Diabetic Medicine, Volume 43, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract Aims One in six hospital beds across England is occupied by someone with diabetes. While guidance on inpatient diabetes care is available, national audit data demonstrate that people still experience significant and avoidable diabetes‐related harms. This study is unique in exploring how people with diabetes admitted to hospital for any medical
Sarah E. Mansbridge +5 more
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