Legionnaires disease: history of the discovery, the main stages of the study pathogen and infection

Autor: Igor S. Tartakovsky, Viktor V. Maleev
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Терапевтический архив, Vol 94, Iss 1, Pp 145-148 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0040-3660
2309-5342
00403660
DOI: 10.26442/00403660.2022.01.201327
Popis: The article discusses main directions and stages of the 45 years of Legionnaires disease study. Analysis of epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics of infection show as unknown until 1976 microorganism occupied a notable niche in the etiology of severe pneumonia. Control and monitoring of potential dangerous water systems, generating water aerosol containing Legionella in high concentration, plays a major role in the prevention of Legionnaires disease.
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