• Terapevt Arkh · Jan 2022

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

    • I S Tartakovsky and V V Maleev.
    • Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
    • Terapevt Arkh. 2022 Jan 15; 94 (1): 145-148.

    AbstractThe 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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