contaminated water aerosol Articles
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6 Things You Should Know About Legionella
Just last August, about 120 people in the South Bronx were infected with Legionnaires’ Disease and 12 people died. At the time, up to 5 cooling towers in the area tested positive for Legionella, a fatal bacteria that grows in warm, damp environments and can spread once contaminated water has become aerosolized and the vapor is inhaled. In this post, we’ll be discussing where ...
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Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms in Summer
Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms Late summer is a great time to be on the water. Hot sun, clear skies and warm water draw recreationists of all stripes—boaters, kayakers, swimmers, fishing enthusiasts—to the water, looking for one last hurrah before the onset of fall. In a few, unfortunate cases, however, late summer weather can contribute to a condition that is not so delightful and ...
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Prevalence study of
Simkania negevensis in cooling towers in SpainSimkania negevensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium grouped into the order Chlamydiales. This new amoeba-resistant intracellular bacterium might represent a novel etiologic agent of bronchiolitis and community-acquired pneumonia and occurs in aquatic habitats such as drinking water and reclaimed wastewater. Another amoeba-related bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, is an etiologic agent of ...
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Legionnaires is an Air Quality Risk
The recent Bronx, NY outbreak of Legionnaires infections is a grim reminder of the deadliness of this strain of pneumonia. Like many of the outbreaks, cooling towers caused this one. Twenty have been identified but the search is still going on. Over 120 people were infected and 12 have died. Tragically it affects the most vulnerable people–people with one or more immune system deficiencies. ...
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Controlling scale in water systems helps prevent legionella
The Legionella bacterium, Legionella Pneumophila (LP), the fundamental agent of Legionnaire’s Disease, is a water-based organism, which causes infection when inhaled in an aerosol form. Legionnaires' Disease acquired its name in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among persons attending a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia. Later, the bacterium causing the illness ...
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