title: Editorial commentary: risk assessment and prediction for health care-associated Legionnaires' disease: percent distal site positivity as a cut-point.
authors.affiliation: Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, Director, Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: vly@pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Victor L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014871:Water Microbiology