An outbreak of legionnaires disease caused by long-distance spread from an industrial air scrubber in Sarpsborg, Norway

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Nygård, Karin ^a   Werner Johansen, Øyvind ^c   Rønsen, Svein ^d   Caugant, Dominique A ^a   Simonsen, Øystein ^e   Kanestrøm, Anita ^e   Ask, Eirik ^f   Ringstad, Jetmund ^e   Ødegård, Rune ^g   Jensen, Tore ^b   Krogh, Truls ^a   Høiby, E Arne ^a   Ragnhildstveit, Eivind ^e   Aaberge, Ingeborg S ^a   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Geodata   (Norway)

^c Municipal Health Services   (Norway)

^d Municipal Health Services   (Norway)

^e Østfold Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^f Telelab   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 39349115682     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524016     Document Type: Article

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