Preventing Legionnaires' Disease: Environmental Health Expertise Is Key.

Edi tor ’s Note : NEHA strives to provide up-to-date and relevant information on environmental health and to build partnerships in the profession. In pursuit of these goals, we feature a column from the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in every issue of the Journal. In these columns, EHSB and guest authors share insights and information about environmental health programs, trends, issues, and resources. The conclusions in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of CDC. CDR Jasen Kunz is an environmental health subject matter expert for Legionnaires’ disease at CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health/ EHSB. LCDR Laura Cooley is an epidemiology subject matter expert for Legionnaires’ disease at CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases/Division of Bacterial Diseases.