Endotoxins from cyanobacteria and gram-negative bacteria as the cause of an acute influenza-like reaction after inhalation of aerosols

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-221

  Annadotter, Heléne ^a,b   Cronberg, Gertrud ^b   Nystrand, Rolf ^c   Rylander, Ragnar ^d  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Bio TeQ Nystrand Consulting   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Drinking water; Endotoxins; Lipopolysaccharides; LPS; Toxic pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DRINKING WATER; ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPIDEMIC; EUKARYOTE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MALAISE; MYALGIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCANDINAVIA; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZIMBABWE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 24044495896     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-5874-0     Document Type: Article

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