Email this article Legionnaires disease: history of the discovery, the main stages of the study pathogen and infection
- Authors: Tartakovsky I.S.1, Maleev V.V.2
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- Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology
- Central Research Institute of Epidemiology
- Issue: Vol 94, No 1 (2022)
- Pages: 145-148
- Section: History of medicine
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/104872
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/00403660.2022.01.201327
- ID: 104872
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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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Igor S. Tartakovsky
Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology
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Email: itartak@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4825-8951
д-р биол. наук, проф., зав. лаб. легионеллеза
Russian Federation, MoscowViktor V. Maleev
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology
Email: itartak@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5748-178X
акад. РАН, д-р мед. наук, проф., советник дир. по научной работе
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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