Introduction of monochloramine into a municipal water system: Impact on colonization of buildings by Legionella spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 378-383

  Moore, Matthew R ^a,c   Pryor, Marsha ^b   Fields, Barry ^a   Lucas, Claressa ^a   Phelan, Maureen ^c   Besser, Richard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASES; POTABLE WATER;

AMOEBAE; LEGIONELLA COLONIZATION; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE (LD); MONOCHLORAMINE;

BACTERIA;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; HOT WATER; MONOCHLORAMINE; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FRESH WATER; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

CHLORINE; COLONIZATION; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BUILDING; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT; ANIMAL; BUILDING MATERIAL; CITY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SANITATION; STANDARD;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PINELLAS COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CHLORAMINES; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HOUSING; LEGIONELLA; PUBLIC FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33644869538     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.378-383.2006     Document Type: Article

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