Annalisa Bargellini

TL;DR: The frequency of door-opening, taken as an index of staff and visitor movement, was the main negative predictor of over-threshold values of both fine and larger dust particles but, conversely, was a positive predictor of raised bacterial counts.

TL;DR: Italian hotels, particularly those located in old buildings, represent a major source of risk for Legionnaires' disease due to the high frequency of Legionella contamination, high germ concentration, and major L. pneumophila serogroup 1 colonization.

TL;DR: A qualitative and quantitative relationship is shown between Legionella spp.

TL;DR: Overall, there is the need to reconsider the selenium standards for dietary intake, drinking water, outdoor and indoor air levels, taking into account the recently discovered adverse health effects of low-doseSelenium overexposure, and carefully assessing the significance ofselenium-induced proteomic changes.

TL;DR: It is found that chlorine dioxide successfully maintained levels at <100 cfu/L, whilst preliminary experiments gave satisfactory results with monochloramine, and recommended adopting chlorine dioxide and electric boilers in parallel.