Subclinical Legionella infection in workers near the source of a large outbreak of legionnaires disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 515-518

  Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^a   Neppelenbroek, Sabine E ^a   Van Vliet, Hans ^a   Schellekens, Joop F P ^a   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^a,b   Peeters, Marcel F ^c   Conyn Van Spaendonck, Marina A E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Munic Hlth Serv Zuid Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Laboratory of Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXHIBITS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0035882436     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322049     Document Type: Article

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