Recurrence of legionnaires disease at a hotel in the United States Virgin Islands over a 20-year period

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1205-1207

  Cowgill, Karen O ^a   Lucas, Claressa E ^b,c   Benson, Robert F ^b   Chamany, Shadi ^a   Brown, Ellen W ^b   Fields, Barry S ^b   Feikin, Daniel R ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRAVEL; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; TRAVEL; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 16844387085     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428844     Document Type: Article

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