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ArticleMicroorganisms2026

Environmental Investigations of Travel-Associated Legionnaires' Disease Cases: Timeliness, Microbiological Findings, and Public Health Response.

Antonios Papadakis, Eleftherios Koufakis, Dimosthenis Chochlakis, Anna Psaroulaki

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Article in Microorganisms, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Antonios PapadakisDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Voutes-Staurakia, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8891-2084
Eleftherios KoufakisCivil Protection of the Region of Crete, 71201 Heraklion, Greece.
Dimosthenis ChochlakisDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Voutes-Staurakia, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7370-7830
Anna PsaroulakiDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Voutes-Staurakia, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2078-9822

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Europe, travel-associated Legionnaires' disease (TALD) cases require timely environmental investigations to support risk assessment, rapid control measures, and prompt reporting of investigation findings to the European Legionnaires' Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet). This study evaluated TALD-related environmental investigations conducted during 2025 and early 2026 in Crete, Greece, following notifications through ELDSNet. Overall, 30 notifications corresponded to 24 unique confirmed TALD cases with illness onset in 2025 and 24 implicated hotels, with some cases involving stays in multiple hotels and Regional Units and clusters identified in some implicated hotels. The investigation framework combined microbiological, physicochemical, and operational data, focusing on delays from symptom onset, notification, sampling, and laboratory reporting. Overall, 516 environmental samples were collected, of which 503 yielded valid analytical results. Among the 503 samples analyzed,

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environmental investigationhotel water systemsLegionella pneumophilapublic health responsesource investigationtravel-associated Legionnaires’ disease

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PMCPMC13304452

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