Estimation of minimum infection rates with Legionella pneumophila in an exposed population

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 579-584

  Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^a   Nagelkerke, N J D ^a   Den Boer, J W ^b   de Melker, H ^a   Schellekens, J F P ^a   Peeters, M F ^c   van Vliet, H ^a   Conyn Van Spaendonck, M A E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Laboratory of Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33646160230     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005315     Document Type: Article

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