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Dr. Zsofia Barna

Environmental health is my profession as well as my true hobby and my main field of interest is water hygiene. I obtained my master’s degree in engineering, my PhD degree in environmental sciences and studied environmental health, as well. I have delivered several courses on water and wastewater hygiene, public health and microbiology at Semmelweis University, Budapest. Prior to my assistant professor position, I worked in the Water Microbiology Laboratory of the National Centre for Public Health, Budapest. My doctoral dissertation provided technical foundations for the Hungarian Legionella Regulation, including the Technical Guidelines. I was involved in the epidemiological investigation of several Legionella outbreaks. My research findings on Legionella infection and the health risks of different water systems and spa pools have been publish in several scientific journals. As an idependent consultant, I carry out Legionella risk assessments with special focus on big companies (industrial facilities, hotels, office buildings, spas, etc.).

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Universität (2005)
Biotechnologie

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PhD: Umweltwissenschaften (Umweltbiologie) Postgrad: Umweltgesundheit (als Teil von Public Health)

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Deutsch-Ungarische Fachübersetzerin für Lebensmittelwissenschaft

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  • Ungarisch
  • Deutsch
  • Englisch
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    Schriftlich: Verhandlungssicher / Fließend
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Publikationen

Barna Z., Kadar M.: The risk of contracting infectious diseases in public swimming pools. A review. Ann Ist Super Sanita, 48(4): 374- 386, 2012. (DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_04_05.)

Barna Z., Antmann K., Pászti J., Bánfi R., Kádár M., Szax A., Németh M., Szegő E., Vargha M.: Infection control by point-of-use water filtration in an intensive care unit – a Hungarian case study. J Water Health, 12(4):858-67, 2014. (DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.052.)

Kiss C., Barna Z., Vargha M., Török J.K.: Incidence and molecular diversity of Acanthamoeba species isolated from public baths in Hungary. Parasitol Res, 113(7):2551-7, 2014. (DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3905-x.)

Barna Z., Kádár M., Kálmán E., Scheirich Szax A., Róka E., Vargha M.: Legionella prevalence and risk of legionellosis in Hungarian hospitals. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung, 62(4):477-499, 2015. (DOI: 10.1556/030.62.2015.4.11.)

Barna Z., Kádár M., Kálmán E., Scheirich Szax A., Vargha M.: Prevalence of Legionella in premise plumbing in Hungary, Water Res, 90:71-8., 2016. (DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2015.12. 004.)

Zsofia Barna
Dr. Zsofia Barna

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Letzte Aktualisierung: 07.11.2023