title: Legionella resources on the world wide web.
abstract: Internet resources that focus on Legionella and legionnaires disease are presented. Web sites were selected on the basis of their content and adherence to suggested standards of medical Internet publishing. Free, accessible, English-language Web sites were categorized according to users' needs as follows: (1) those with comprehensive information on Legionella infection (including pathophysiologic characteristics, symptoms, and treatment of legionnaires disease), (2) those with information on outbreaks and epidemiology (including information for travelers), (3) those with information for researchers, (4) those about prevention, and (5) those with information for laypersons.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: Andreas F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Widmer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D007875:Legionella; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011315:Preventive Medicine