Tracking airborne Legionella and Legionella pneumophila at a biological treatment plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7360-7367

  Blatny, Janet Martha ^a   Reif, Bjørn Anders P ^a   Skogan, Gunnar ^a   Andreassen, Oyvind ^a   Høiby, E Arne ^b   Ask, Eirik ^c   Waagen, Viggo ^d   Aanonsen, Dag ^d   Aaberge, Ingeborg S ^b   Caugant, Dominique A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c As Telelab   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; STORMS;

AERATION PONDS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; LEGIONELLAE; OPTIMAL GROWTH; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; LAKES;

AERATION; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); TRACKING; WASTEWATER; WOOD;

AERATION; AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WEATHER;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

AERATION PONDS; AIR SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; IMPACTORS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; LEGIONELLAE; MOLECULAR METHODS; MOLECULAR TYPING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPTIMAL GROWTH; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; REFINEMENT PROCESS; SINGLE CLONE;

EID: 54749126653     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800306m     Document Type: Article

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