Legionella prevalence in hot spring recreation areas of Taiwan

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3267-3273

  Hsu, Bing Mu ^a   Chen, Chien Hsien ^b   Wan, Min Tao ^b   Cheng, Hui Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Legionella; Legionella pneumophila; Spa; Spring water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LEGIONELLA; PATHOGENS; SPRING WATER;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENICITY; THERMAL SPRING;

AEROSOL; AMOEBA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII; LEGIONELLA DUMOFFI; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA LYTICUM; LEGIONELLA OAKRIDGENESIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; THERMAL SPRING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33748319338     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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