Since its inception in the early 80s, LSMI has been actively involved in research related to health-associated infections in the field of Hygiene and Public Health.

LSMI research activities, documented by numerous scientific articles published in national and international journals, have been pursued according to the following themes:

 

• epidemiology of infectious diseases; (See publications)

 

 

• in vitro and in field evaluation of the efficacy of disinfectants; (See publications)

 

• development and validation of protocols for the microbiological assessment of sanitation and disinfection procedures; (See publications)

 

• development of methods for direct and indirect detection of infectious agents; (See publications)

 

• environmental investigations aimed at verifying the effectiveness of sanitation and disinfection procedures; (See pubblications)

 

• identification of virulent strains of L. pneumophila by indirect immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibodies directed toward the membrane epitope; (See pubblications)

 

• genotyping of Legionella strains by EWGLI SBT sequencing and by mip gene sequencing; (See pubblications)

 

• in vitro tests for evaluating the activity of biocidal products against Legionella; (See pubblications)

 

• drafting and revising scientific documents. (See pubblications)

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