Legionnaires' disease on a cruise ship linked to the water supply system: Clinical and public health implications

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Pastoris, Maddalena Castellani ^a   Lo Monaco, Renato ^b   Goldoni, Paola ^b   Mentore, Bruno ^b   Balestra, Giacomo ^b   Ciceroni, Lorenzo ^b   Visca, Paolo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIP; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032990631     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515083     Document Type: Article

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