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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2019

Air-conditioner cooling towers as complex reservoirs and continuous source of

Daniel Wüthrich, Sylvia Gautsch, Ruth Spieler-Denz, Olivier Dubuis, Valeria Gaia, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Vladimira Hinic, Helena Mb Seth-Smith, Christian H Nickel, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter and 5 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04172025 (Development of a Swiss Surveillance Database for Molecular Epidemiology of Hypervirulent and Multi-drug Resistant Pathogens), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04172025 recruitingnot on this map

Development of a Swiss Surveillance Database for Molecular Epidemiology of Hypervirulent and Multi-drug Resistant Pathogens

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, SwitzerlandRan2019 to 2029Enrolled10,000ConditionsMultiresistant Bacterial Pathogens, Virulent Bacterial PathogensArmsAnalysis of Bacterial Genome
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Comparison of whole genome sequencing typing tools for the typing of Belgian Legionella pneumophila outbreaks isolates.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  10. CommunityCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2023
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  15. Persistence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  16. Performance of Legiolert Test vs. ISO 11731 to ConfirmPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  17. Letter to the editor: importance of a careful investigation to avoid attributing Legionnaires' disease cases to an incorrect source of infection.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2020
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  18. A Snapshot of the Prevalence and Molecular Diversity ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  19. NGS-BasedFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  20. How do advanced diagnostics support public health policy development?Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel WüthrichDivision of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Sylvia GautschState Laboratory Basel-City, Basel, Switzerland.
Ruth Spieler-DenzDepartment of Health, Medical Services, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland.
Olivier DubuisViollier, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Valeria GaiaNational Reference Center for Legionella, Department of Laboratory medicine, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Jacob Moran-GiladDepartment of Health Systems Management, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Vladimira HinicDivision of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Helena Mb Seth-SmithDivision of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Christian H NickelDivision of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Sarah Tschudin-SutterDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Stefano BassettiDivision of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Monika HaenggiDepartment of Health, Medical Services, Canton of Basel-Country, Liestal, Switzerland.
Peter BrodmannState Laboratory Basel-City, Basel, Switzerland.
Simon FuchsDepartment of Health, Medical Services, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland.
Adrian EgliDivision of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Basel · CHState Archives Basel-Stadt · CHBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale · CHPsychiatry Baselland · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IntroductionWater supply and air-conditioner cooling towers (ACCT) are potential sources of

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AdultDisease OutbreaksGenomicsHumansLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaires' DiseaseMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenySwitzerlandWater MicrobiologyWater SupplyWhole Genome Sequencingcooling towerLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaires’ diseaseL. pneumophilaoutbreakSwitzerlandWGSwhole genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID30696527
PMCPMC6351994
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