ArticleEcoHealth2016
Under the Weather: Legionellosis and Meteorological Factors.
Article in EcoHealth, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Climate Change on Legionnaire's Disease: A Systematic Review.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Pooled it
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- Seasonal Dynamics and Legionellosis-Associated Hospitalization in Spain: A Retrospective Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A review ofFrontiers in public health · 2024Review
- The Presence ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Legionellosis on the rise: A scoping review of sporadic, community-acquired incidence in the United States.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Relationship of meteorological factors and air pollutants with medical care utilization for gastroesophageal reflux disease in urban area.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Legionnaires' Disease on the Rise in Switzerland: A Denominator-Based Analysis of National Diagnostic Data, 2007-2016.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Optimising the case-crossover design for use in shared exposure settings.Epidemiology and infection · 2020Article
- Short-term associations between Legionnaires' disease incidence and meteorological variables in Belgium, 2011-2019.Epidemiology and infection · 2020Article
- The all-intracellular order Legionellales is unexpectedly diverse, globally distributed and lowly abundant.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2018Article
- The unprecedented 2014 Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Portugal: atmospheric driving mechanisms.International journal of biometeorology · 2018Article
- Analysis of population-level determinants of legionellosis: spatial and geovisual methods for enhancing classification of high-risk areas.International journal of health geographics · 2017Article
- Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires' Disease, United States.Emerging infectious diseases · 2017Article
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Abstract
The incidence of legionellosis, caused by the bacteria Legionella which are commonly found in the environment, has been increasing in New Jersey (NJ) over the last decade. The majority of cases are sporadic with no known source of exposure. Meteorological factors may be associated with increases in legionellosis. Time series and case-crossover study designs were used to evaluate associations of legionellosis and meteorological factors (temperature (daily minimum, maximum, and mean), precipitation, dew point, relative humidity, sea level pressure, wind speed (daily maximum and mean), gust, and visibility). Time series analyses of multi-factor models indicated increases in monthly relative humidity and precipitation were positively associated with monthly legionellosis rate, while maximum temperature and visibility were inversely associated. Case-crossover analyses of multi-factor models indicated increases in relative humidity occurring likely before incubation period was positively associated, while sea level pressure and visibility, also likely preceding incubation period, were inversely associated. It is possible that meteorological factors, such as wet, humid weather with low barometric pressure, allow proliferation of Legionella in natural environments, increasing the rate of legionellosis.
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