Comparison between Legiolert and real time PCR in the detection of Legionella pneumophila from environmental water samples

• Ignazio Arrigo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ignazio Arrigo, Nicola Serra

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Regional Reference Laboratory for Clinical Environmental Surveillance and Control of Legionellosis, Palermo, Italy

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• Nicola Serra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ignazio Arrigo, Nicola Serra

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry–Audiology Section, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8086-6362

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• Laiba Mariyam,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Precision Medicine in Medical, Surgical and Critical Care (Me.Pre.C.C.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Mandana Mirzajani Sarvandani,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Precision Medicine in the Medical, Surgical and Critical Care Areas, PhD Program Precision Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Maria Rita Tricoli,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Roberta Palermo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Prevention, Living Environment Hygiene Service, ASP Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Orazia Diquattro,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation U.O.C. Microbiology and Virology, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy

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• Giuseppe Gallina,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Precision Medicine in the Medical, Surgical and Critical Care Areas, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Paola Di Carlo,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-5855

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• Alberto Firenze,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Mario Palermo,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Sicilian Health Department, Public Health and Environmental Risks Service, Palermo, Italy

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• Anna Giammanco,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Regional Reference Laboratory for Clinical Environmental Surveillance and Control of Legionellosis, Palermo, Italy

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• Teresa Maria Assunta Fasciana

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: teresa.fasciana@unipa.it

  Affiliations Regional Reference Laboratory for Clinical Environmental Surveillance and Control of Legionellosis, Palermo, Italy, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-5813

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