Preventing Legionellosis, a book by founding partner, Dr. William McCoy, covers the biology of Legionella and presents a comprehensive review of risk reduction best practices from around the world. Were it not for affordable air-conditioning and easy access to indoor hot water plumbing, Legionellae might have remained unknown to us. If the most cost-effective way to reject waste heat was not by evaporative transfer to the atmosphere from droplets of recirculating water in cooling towers, they might never have bothered us.
In the 20th century, Legionella burst forth from its ancient undiscovered freshwater niche to emerge as a significant new human pathogen. Before that century it most likely caused little, if any, human suffering. In the 21st century, legionellosis is a serious preventable disease. It has been detrimental in hundreds of thousands of lives.
The book will give the scientific basis for the worldwide technical consensus on reducing the risk of legionellosis. It will be an invaluable source of information for public health administrators, epidemiologists, infection control professionals, facility safety managers, industrial hygienists, and academic engineers and scientists.
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Legionellosis: Why the Problem Continues
Water21 Magazine article: Preventing Legionellosis
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