Our evolving understanding of legionellosis epidemiology: Learning to count

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 600-602

  Ng, Victoria ^a,c   Tang, Patrick ^b   Fisman, David N ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEGIONELLOSIS;

EID: 49449117796     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590558     Document Type: Note

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