Cluster of Legionellosis Cases Associated with Manufacturing Process, South Carolina, USA, 2022.

Authors: Mohamed, Hani M.¹, mohamehm@dph.sc.gov, Zielinski, Lindsay², Diedhiou, Abdoulaye¹, Clemmons, Nakia², Smith, Jessica C.², Rinsky, Jessica L.³, Ritter, Troy², Willby, Melisa², Burton, Nancy³, Feldmann, Karl³, Dunn, Kevin³, Whisenhunt, Rebecca¹, Greer, Victoria¹, Acosta, Alberto M.⁴, Garber, Mitchell⁵, Lucas, Claressa E.², Henderson, Kelley C.², Edens, Chris², Bell, Linda¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jan2025, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p41-49, 9p

Comparative genome analysis reveals a complex population structure of Legionella pneumophila subspecies

Authors: Kozak-Muiznieks, Natalia A., Morrison, Shatavia S., Mercante, Jeffrey W., Ishaq, Maliha K., Johnson, Taccara, Caravas, Jason, Lucas, Claressa E., Brown, Ellen, Raphael, Brian H., Winchell, Jonas M.

Source: In Infection, Genetics and Evolution April 2018 59:172-185

Reply to Gamage et al

Authors: Garrison, Laurel E., Lucas, Claressa E., Demirjian, Alicia, Sonel, Ali F., Hicks, Lauri A.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015 Nov 01. 61(9), 1488-1488.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26369009

The Importance of Clinical Surveillance in Detecting Legionnaires' Disease Outbreaks: A Large Outbreak in a Hospital With a Legionella Disinfection System—Pennsylvania, 2011–2012

Authors: Demirjian, Alicia, Lucas, Claressa E., Garrison, Laurel E., Kozak-Muiznieks, Natalia A., States, Stanley, Brown, Ellen W., Wortham, Jonathan M., Beaudoin, Amanda, Casey, Megan L., Marriott, Chandra, Ludwig, Alison M., Sonel, Ali F., Muder, Robert R., Hicks, Lauri A.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015 Jun 01. 60(11), 1596-1602.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26367203

Lessons From an Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease on a Hematology-Oncology Unit

Authors: Watkins, Louise K. Francois, Toews, Karrie-Ann E., Harris, Aaron M., Davidson, Sherri, Ayers-Millsap, Stephanie, Lucas, Claressa E., Hubbard, Brian C., Kozak-Muiznieks, Natalia A., Khan, Edward, Kutty, Preeta K.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 38(3):306-313

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Legionnaires' Outbreaks Preventable with Water Management Programs

Authors: Lucas, Claressa E., Cooley, Laura A., Kunz, Jasen M., Garrison, Laurel E.

Source: ASHRAE journal. 58(11):84-87

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Accuracy and precision of Legionella isolation by US laboratories in the ELITE program pilot study

Authors: Lucas, Claressa E., Taylor, Thomas H., Jr., Fields, Barry S.

Source: In Water Research 1 October 2011 45(15):4428-4436

Distribution of Legionella and bacterial community composition among regionally diverse US cooling towers.

Authors: Llewellyn, Anna C.^1,2, Lucas, Claressa E.², Roberts, Sarah E.², Brown, Ellen W.², Nayak, Bina S.³, Raphael, Brian H.², Winchell, Jonas M.²

Source: PLoS ONE. 12/20/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 12, p1-16. 16p.

Subject Terms: *LEGIONELLA, *LEGIONNAIRES' disease, *BACTERIAL communities, *INHALATION administration, *AEROSOLS, *COOLING towers

Virulence Factors Encoded by Legionella longbeachae Identified on the Basis of the Genome Sequence Analysis of Clinical Isolate D-4968.

Authors: Kozak, Natalia A., Buss, Meghan, Lucas, Claressa E.

Source: Journal of Bacteriology; February 2010, Vol. 192 Issue 4, p1030-1044, 15p

Type IV pili and type II secretion play a limited role in Legionella pneumophila biofilm colonization and retention.

Authors: Lucas, Claressa E., Brown, Ellen, Fields, Barry S.

Source: Microbiology (13500872); December 2006, Vol. 152 Issue 12, p3569-3573, 5p

The MtrD protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a member of the resistance/nodulation/division protein family constituting part of an efflux system.

Authors: Hagman, Kayla E., Lucas, Claressa E., Balthazar, Jacqueline T.

Source: Microbiology (13500872); July 1997, Vol. 143, p2117-2125, 9p

The MtrR repressor binds the DNA sequence between the mtrR and mtrC genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Authors: Lucas, Claressa E., Balthazar, Jacqueline T., Hagman, Kayla E.

Source: Journal of Bacteriology; July 1997, Vol. 179 Issue 13, p4123-4128, 6p

Notes from the Field: Legionnaires Disease in a U.S. Traveler After Staying in a Private Vacation Rental House in the U.S. Virgin Islands -- United States, February 2022.

Authors: Mac, Valerie V., Labgold, Katie, Moline, Heidi L., Smith, Jessica C., Carroll, Jamaal, Clemmons, Nakia, Edens, Chris, Ellis, Brett, Harrison, Cosme, Henderson, Kelley C., Ishaq, Maliha K., Kozak-Muiznieks, Natalia A., Kunz, Jasen, Lawrence, Marlon, Lucas, Claressa E., Walker, Heather L., Willby, Melisa J., Ellis, Esther M.

Source: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 5/19/2023, Vol. 72 Issue 20, p564-565, 2p, 1 Diagram

Subject Terms: LEGIONNAIRES' disease, ADULTS, PATIENTS, HEALTH boards, LEGIONELLA

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Identification of Legionella in the Environment.

Authors: Kozak, Natalia A., Lucas, Claressa E., Winchell, Jonas M.

Source: Legionella; 2013, p3-25, 23p

IV: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL: CHAPTER 90: CHARACTERIZATION OF SESSILE AND PLANKTONIC LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA IN MODEL BIOFILMS.

Authors: Fields, Barry S., Lucas, Claressa E.

Source: Legionella: State of the Art 30 Years after Its Recognition; 2006, p383-389, 7p

II: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STRAIN TYPING METHODS: CHAPTER 37: MOLECULAR COMPARISON OF ISOLATES FROM A RECURRING OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE SPANNING 22 YEARS.

Authors: Benson, Robert F., Lucas, Claressa E., Brown, Ellen W., Cowgill, Karen D., Fields, Barry S.

Source: Legionella: State of the Art 30 Years after Its Recognition; 2006, p139-142, 4p

Lessons From an Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease on a Hematology-Oncology Unit

Authors: Francois Watkins, Louise K., Toews, Karrie-Ann E., Harris, Aaron M., Davidson, Sherri, Ayers-Millsap, Stephanie, Lucas, Claressa E., Hubbard, Brian C., Kozak-Muiznieks, Natalia A., Khan, Edward, Kutty, Preeta K.

Source: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; March 2017, Vol. 38 Issue: 3 p306-313, 8p

Survey of Legionella Species Found in Thai Soil.

Authors: Travis, Tatiana C., Brown, Ellen W., Peruski, Leonard F., Siludjai, Duangkamon, Jorakate, Possawat, Salika, Prasert, Genyan Yang, Kozak, Natalia A., Kodani, Maja, Warner, Agnes K., Lucas, Claressa E., Thurman, Kathleen A., Winchell, Jonas M., Thamthitiwat, Somsak, Fields, Barry S.

Source: International Journal of Microbiology; 2012, p1-4, 4p, 1 Chart

Subject Terms: LEGIONELLA, GRAM-negative bacteria, FRESHWATER microbiology, SOIL microbiology, AEROSOLS, LEGIONNAIRES' disease, FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine)

Geographic Terms: THAILAND