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Effectiveness Of Biocide Substitution And Management Plan Implementation For The Control Of, Adelmarie Bones
Effectiveness Of Biocide Substitution And Management Plan Implementation For The Control Of, Adelmarie Bones
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
After the notorious outbreak and discovery of Legionella bacteria in 1976, the waterborne pathogen was added to the list of disease-causing agents associated with the built environment. Legionella pneumophila was discovered when it was identified as the agent that caused 34 deaths and an outbreak of pneumonia-like symptoms in several attendees of the 1976 American Legion Convention held in Philadelphia (OSHA, 2017).
Recently published data from the year 2015 reported more than 6,000 Legionnaires’ cases identified in the United States (CDC, 2016). This is a concerning number given that one in every ten infected persons will die of the disease. …