Publications
Legionella.org researchers have published more than 200 peer-review articles on Legionnaires' disease and 13 book chapters on Legionella, collectively. We author Legionella chapters in Gorbach's Infectious Diseases, Mayhall's Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Block's Disinfection, Sterilization and Preservation, UptoDate.com, and most importantly the Legionella chapter in the bible of microbiology, the ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology. Our publications have appeared numerous professional journals and we have served on the editorial boards for Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and an editorial reviewer for International Journal of Environmental Health, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Water Research, and numerous medical journals.
Legionella.org publications contain articles from the medical peer-review literature, which are available online including: Clinical Manifestations of Legionnaires' Disease, Disinfection of Legionella in Water Distribution Systems, Laboratory Diagnosis of Legionnaires' Disease, Antibiotic Therapy of Legionnaires' Disease, Epidemiology, Mode of Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease, Environmental Source of Legionella, Other Legionella Species including Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent (L. micdadei).
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Transmission
Yu VL. Cooling towers and legionellosis: A conundrum with proposed solutions. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2008;211:239-234
Muder RR, Yu VL, Woo AH."Mode of transmission of Legionella pneumophila:"a critical review."Arch Intern Med 1986; 146:16071612.
Woo AH, Goetz A, Yu VL."Transmission of Legionella by respiratory equipment and aerosol generating devices: A review." Chest 1992; 102:15861590.
Yu VL."Could aspiration be the major mode of transmission for Legionella" Amer J Med 1993; 95:1315.
Gorman GW, Yu VL, Brown A, Hall JA, Corcoran K, Martin WT, Morris GK,Magnussen MH, Fraser DW."Isolation of Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent from nebulizers used in respiratory therapy."Ann Intern Med 1980;93:572573.
Yu VL, Zuravleff JJ, Gavlik L, Magnussen MH."Lack of evidence for person to person transmission of Legionnaires' disease."J Infect Dis 1983;l47:362.
Zuravleff JJ, Yu VL, Shonnard J, Davis B, Rihs JD."Diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease:"an update of laboratory methods with new emphasis on isolation by culture."JAMA 1983;250:19811985.
Stout J, Yu VL, Muraca P."Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from the cold water of hospital ice machines:"implications for origin and transmission of the organism."Infect Control 1985;6:141146.
Yu VL, Beam TR, Lumish RM, Vickers RM, Fleming J, McDermott C, Romano J."Routine culturing for Legionella in the hospital environment may be a good idea: a 3 hospital prospective study."Amer J Med Sci"1987; 294:9799.
Stout JE, Yu VL, Muraca P, Joly J, Troup N, Tompkins LS."Potable water as a cause of sporadic cases of communityacquired Legionnaires' disease."N Engl J Med 1992; 326:151155.