Outbreak detection and secondary prevention of Legionnaires' disease: A national approach

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Den Boer, Jeroen W ^a   Verhoef, Linda ^a   Bencini, Max A ^b   Bruin, Jacob P ^b   Jansen, R ^b   Yzerman, Ed P F ^b  

^a Municipal Health Service Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Disease outbreaks; Environmental exposure; Legionnaires' disease; Public health; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846211458     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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