Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Rome, Italy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 853-859

  Rota, M C ^a   Pontrelli, G ^a   Scaturro, M ^a   Bella, A ^a   Bellomo, A R ^b   Trinito, M O ^c   Salmaso, S ^a   Ricci, M L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Medicina Preventiva   (Italy)

^c ASL Roma B   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 27144526647     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004115     Document Type: Article

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