Blood, Sweat, and Sometimes Tissue Samples: Tracking a Killer Germ
Back to its Watery Birthplace
- Legionella is often found in freshwater environment, but not in numbers high enough to cause Legionnaire’s disease.
- It is important to link clinical isolates to environmental samples in cases of Legionnaire’s disease in order to determine the potential source of the disease.
- Any lab can establish testing for Legionella either as preparedness for outbreaks or for routine surveillance and prevention.
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Cécilia Batmalle Kretz PhD (Microbial Ecology), LLS Class of 2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Field Assignee at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Education: PhD (Microbial Ecology): University of California Irvine., 2014; BS Hons. Australian National University, 2006
Work Experience: Molecular microbiologist and Bioinformatician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015-2017; Post Doctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech, 2014-2015