Persistence of <i>Legionella</i> in Routinely Disinfected Heater-Cooler Units and Heater Units assessed by Propidium Monoazide qPCR.

Pathogens · 2020 · PMC7700499 · PMID 33238543

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borderline significancep = 0.0547so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

When we analyzed a second water sample taken from the same devices after six months of monthly disinfection, we found on average a lower total number of contaminated devices (40.0%) compared to the first sampling round, albeit this difference only attained borderline significance ( p = 0.0547).

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