Ann Infect Dis Epidemiol | Volume 3, Issue 3 | Review Article | Open Access

Evolution of Legionella Control in France 1998-2018

Hartemann Philippe^*

Department of Public Health, University of Lorraine, France

^*Correspondance to: Hartemann Philippe 

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Abstract

Due to mediatic breaks occured in France at the end of the 90’s, a national proactive strategy for the control of Legionella both in the cooling towers and hot water distribution networks in public buildings has been defined. Regulations and guidelines were put into force from 1999untilrecently, covering other possible reservoirs, including active surveillance of clinical cases, mandatory sampling and quantitative numerations of Legionella pneumophila, control measuresand reporting. The results described in this article present the epidemiological situation and the actual decrease of the number of clinical cases, illustrating the efficacy of this strategy and the disappearance of out breaks despite numerous remaining isolated cases without reported origin.

Citation:

Philippe H. Evolution of Legionella Control in France 1998-2018. Ann Infect Dis Epidemiol. 2018;3(3):1035.