Prevention and control of Legionellosis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 458-464

  Butler, Jay C ^a,b   Fields, Barry S ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; COPPER; ERYTHROMYCIN; HALOGEN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OZONE; SILVER; VACCINE; WATER;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FILTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NUTRIENT; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030723652     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199706070-00009     Document Type: Review

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