Guillermo Bosch, Andreu Queralt, Natalia Valero, Thais Lleó, Cristina Portolés, Hernán Vargas-Leguas, Elena Parra, Raquel Gonzalez, Cristina Rius, Anna Gómez-Gutiérrez
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Following a legionnaire's disease outbreak in Barcelona in 2022, sport fields' sprinklers were identified as potential sources of Legionella infection. The Agency of Public Health of Barcelona inspected all 40 urban municipal sports fields in the city. Legionella was found in 55% of them, including Legionella pneumophila serotype 1 in 11 samples. There were no statistically significant differences for Legionella detection according to the installation characteristics.These findings prompted the implementation of a set of preventive measures for risk mitigation and a specific control plan for sport fields.