VESICOUNT
VESICOUNT | |
Titre : | Methods for quantification of free protozea vesicles containing legionella in a water environment |
Budget : | 831 k€ |
Subventions : | FP7-PEOPLE (831 k€) |
Sous-programme : | PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP |
Type de contrat : | Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) |
Début : | 1er octobre 2008 |
Fin : | 30 septembre 2012 |
Site officiel : | http://www.utc.fr/vesicount/ |
VESICOUNT est l'acronyme du projet européen Methods for quantification of free protozea vesicles containing legionella in a water environment, qui a pour référence sur le service CORDIS 218280[1].
Note : Les objectifs suivants sont repris de la fiche du projet sur Cordis
- Objective
Legionella are an important health and environment issue. Regular outbreaks of Legionellosis in certain cases causing the disease of patients show the dangerousness and reality of an infection risk. A significant number of Legionella contaminations are related to industrial complexes where cooling towers present a high Legionella risk. The bacteria colonize the water of these cooling towers and in some cases they are transported outside by the exhaust steam and may thus cause infections. The Vesicount project focuses on Legionella in cooling towers and public health constituting the main industrial and community risk issue.
Current difficulties in Legionella detection and treatment arise because the bacteria are sometimes contained in protozoa vesicles where they grow and multiply. The vesicles do not appear with classic detection methods. Also they are able to protect Legionella from deleterious action of disinfectants and biocides. Vesicount project is intended as a long term industry-academia-cooperation concerning research for, firstly, indisputable methods detecting digestives vesicles transported and freed by typical protozoa containing Legionella inside of the industrial cooling towers and, secondly, for efficient ways of eliminating them in a healthy and reliable way.Les partenaires du projet
Coordinateur du projet
Partenaires
- Laboratoire d'analyses industrielles ASCAL - Forbach (Lorraine, France) - Contact : Christine Chaverot
- Université technique de Dresde - Dresde (Saxe - Allemagne)
Financement
- Coût total du projet : 831 557 €
- Subvention de la Commission européenne (programme FP7-PEOPLE) : 831 557 €
Dates importantes
- Date de début : 1er octobre 2008
- Date de fin : 30 septembre 2012
Voir aussi
Liens externes
- Le site officiel du projet
- Le site officiel de l'Université de technologie de Compiègne
Notes
- ↑ La fiche du projet sur CORDIS