Talk:Legionella
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[edit] Not just cooling towers
All the Legionella sections are now too focused on Cooling towers!! IT is not just cooling towers!! Certainly, cooling towers are one aspect of the infection path, but it is just out of the many sources of infection.
Also noted that in different parts of the world different types of Legionella are prevelant. For example in Western Australia infection by Legionella longbeachae originating from compost and soil is the most common form of infection - yet it seems someone deleted that part entirely.Hongkonger 07:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pas-de-Calais, France
The factory in Pas-de-Calais France that caused infection - the cooling towers were never certainly identified beyond any resonable doubt as the source.
Both the cooling towers, and the waste treatment ponds, and the remote site where the pond sludge was sourced tested positive for the same strain. Hence the imported sludge dumped into the waste treatment ponds was the primary source, distributed into the air causing secondary contamination of the cooling towers, etc.
And yes I am aware that the official report states the source was the cooling towers, but don't believe everything you read, otherwise in future others will not learn, and are all doomed to keep making the same mistakes over again. Hongkonger 07:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reverted unwarranted and incorrect deletions made by Noigel2000
Noigel, you should not delete a major part of any article without first a thorough discussion on the Discussion page. Therefore, I have reverted your changes. I know that you are very new to Wikipedia, but the pattern of behavior and your derogatory remarks about Wikipedia (on the Legionellosis discussion page) are going to get you blocked from Wikipedia if you do not change your attitude.
When you unilaterally made your unwarranted deletions on this article, you also removed the References section, which further messed up the article. Legionella and Legionellosis are two separate articles and they both need to include the information on how to prevent and control cooling towers from becoming contaminated with the Legionella bacteria. - mbeychok 15:00, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
you had the gal to remove my links to my pages, dont do it again as i also have a delete button as you may have noticed you dont really need two articles, ones enough, its confusing people.
What derogatory remarks, you mean click click click, your nuts
--Noigel2000 15:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Changed legionellosis to legionnaires' disease, link above says legionnaires' disease, corrected spelling of the word legionnaires'in link above
Time you two so and so's took a ball and chalk --Noigel2000 14:55, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External links
External links to patient support groups (especially online chat boards), blogs, and fundraising groups normally not accepted on Wikipedia. Also, to prevent a proliferation of links, it's good to avoid more than one link to any website. Please read the external links policy and the specific rules for medical articles before adding more external links. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
