Reducing Legionella colonization of water systems with monochloramine

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 588-596

  Flannery, Brendan ^a,f   Gelling, Lisa B ^b   Vugia, Duc J ^c   Weintraub, June M ^d   Salerno, James J ^e   Conroy, Michael J ^e   Stevens, Valerie A ^a   Rose, Charles E ^a   Moore, Matthew R ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a   Besser, Richard E ^a  

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

^b CALIFORNIA EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION   (United States)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCHLORAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33645465888     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1204.051101     Document Type: Article

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