Legionella bacteria in aerosols: Sampling and analytical approaches used during the legionnaires disease outbreak in Pas-de-Calais [3]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1333-1335

  Mathieu, Laurence ^a,b   Robine, Enric ^d   Deloge Abarkan, Magali ^b   Ritoux, Sébastien ^d   Pauly, Danièle ^c   Hartemann, Philippe ^b,c   Zmirou Navier, Denis ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment C S T B   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRANCE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33646024954     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503115     Document Type: Letter

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