Development of a new seminested PCR method for detection of Legionella species and its application to surveillance of Legionellae in hospital cooling tower water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2489-2494

  Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Arima, Keiko ^c   Fujii, Jun ^a   Maruta, Koji ^a   Izu, Kunio ^a   Shiomori, Teruo ^a   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shinnikka Environ Eng Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COOLING TOWER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA;

EID: 0030797838     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2489-2494.1997     Document Type: Article

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