An outbreak of Pontiac fever among children and adults following use of a whirlpool;Et udbrud af Pontiac-feber blandt børn og voksne efter brug af et spabad

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3458-3462

  Lüttichau, Hans R ^a,b   Vinther, Claus C ^a   Uldum, Søren A ^a   Møller, Jytte S ^a   Faber, Mette ^a   Jensen, Jörgen S ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b H:S Rigshopitalet ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING POOL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0040810817     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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