Legionella contamination in hot water of Italian hotels

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5805-5813

  Borella, Paola ^a   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^b   Stampi, Serena ^c   Stancanelli, Giovanna ^d   Romano Spica, Vincenzo ^e   Triassi, Maria ^f   Marchesi, Isabella ^a   Bargellini, Annalisa ^a   Tatò, Daniela ^b   Napoli, Christian ^b   Zanetti, Franca ^c   Leoni, Erica ^c   Moro, Matteo ^d   Scaltriti, Stefania ^d   Ribera D'Alcalà, Gabriella ^f   Santarpia, Rosalba ^f   Boccia, Stefania ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; HARDNESS; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

CONTAMINATED SITES; GERM CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER SURVEY; SOFT WATER;

HOTELS;

CHLORINE; HOT WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

DISEASE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUILDING; FLOW RATE; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL; TRAVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FRESH WATER; HEAT; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; TRAVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 26844566498     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.5805-5813.2005     Document Type: Article

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