The influence of contamination of a hospital hot-water system with Legionella pneumophila on serum antibody production by staff members

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Pancer, Katarzyna ^a   Rabczenko, Daniel ^a   Stypułkowska Misiurewicz, Hanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hospital environment; Legionella; Risk assessment; Sero epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HOT WATER;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD DONOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33144462101     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06062373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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