Pontiac fever: An operational definition for epidemiological studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tossa, Paul ^a   Deloge Abarkan, Magali ^a   Zmirou Navier, Denis ^a   Hartemann, Philippe ^a   Mathieu, Laurence ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER; AEROSOL; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLLUTION; BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; URINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33646863026     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-112     Document Type: Article

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