Pa. Cabanes et al., LEGIONELLAE WITHIN WATER DISTRIBUTION-SYS TEMS - RISK ASSESSMENT IN FRANCE - PRELIMINARY DATA, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 25(6-7), 1995, pp. 850-857
Legionellae are infectious agents that might colonize cooling towers,
air conditioning systems and individuals or shared hot water supplies.
A review emphasizes the lack of data, especially in France, with rega
rd to risk evaluation related to the development of Legionellae in ind
ividuals hot water supply. A study aiming to estimate prevalence of Le
gionellae in individuals water production and distribution systems is
planed. It will be conducted by the Service des Etudes Medicales, EDF-
GDF. This study might contribute to understand the role played by diff
erent types of hot water tanks and individuals water distribution syst
ems in the course of this colonization. We first tested the method (19
93). Following a review of published data, we described here our metho
dology and our main results and conclusions.