Community outbreak of legionnaires' disease: An investigation confirming the potential for cooling towers to transmit Legionella species

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Keller, David W ^a   Hajjeh, Rana ^c   Demaria Jr , Alfred ^c   Fields, Barry S ^c   Pruckler, Janet M ^c   Benson, Robert S ^c   Kludt, Pat E ^c   Lett, Susan M ^c   Mermel, Leonard A ^c   Giorgio, Christina ^c   Breiman, Robert F ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029671078     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.257     Document Type: Article

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