The public health implications of a sporadic case of culture-proven Legionnaire's disease

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-517

  Young, Megan K ^a   Smith, Helen ^a   Gray, Bruce ^a   Huang, Ben ^a   Barten, Jackie ^a   Towner, Chris ^a   Plowman, Sandy ^a   Afshar, Bahavak ^b   Fry, Norman ^b   Blair, Barry ^a   Savill, John ^a   McCall, Bardley ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 28944444062     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00241.x     Document Type: Article

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