title: Response to commentary on "Assessing risk of health care-acquired Legionnaires' disease from environmental sampling: the limits of using a strict percent positivity approach".
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jgallen@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: Bemnet
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gessesse
authors.affiliation: Office of Research Integrity, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
authors.forename: Theodore A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Myatt
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: MacIntosh
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: Jerry F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: Taeko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minegishi
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: Bryan F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: Matt A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fragala
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc, Needham, MA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCarthy
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