School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Am J Infect Control. 2021 Dec;49(12):1564-1566. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.09.008. Epub 2021 Sep 17.
Prolonged building closures are prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in extreme stagnation in building water systems. High-throughput sequencing analysis revealed significantly increased presence of Legionella due to extreme water stagnation, highlighting elevated exposure risks to Legionella from building water systems during re-opening of previously closed buildings.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间,建筑物关闭时间延长较为普遍,导致建筑物供水系统严重停滞。高通量测序分析显示,由于极端的水停滞,军团菌的存在明显增加,这突出表明在重新开放以前关闭的建筑物时,建筑物供水系统中军团菌的暴露风险增加。