Sampling and detection of Legionella pneumophila aerosols generated from an industrial cooling tower

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 421-427

  Ishimatsu, Sumiyo ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Hori, Hajime ^a   Tanaka, Isamu ^a   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sampling; AP PCR; Cooling towers; Legionella pneumophila; rep PCR

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COOLING TOWER; DEVICE; FUNGUS GROWTH; INDUSTRY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

EID: 0034889134     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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