Detection of culturable and nonculturable Legionella species from hot water systems of public buildings in Japan

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2104-2114

  Edagawa, A ^a   Kimura, A ^a   Doi, H ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Tomioka, K ^a   Sakabe, K ^b   Nakajima, C ^c   Suzuki, Y ^c  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Division of Health Science   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culturable; Hot water systems; Legionella species; Nonculturable; Public building; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CHLORINE; IRON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA; WATER;

CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; CULTURABLE; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; HOT WATER SYSTEM; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; LEGIONELLAE; NONCULTURABLE; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; RISK FACTORS; WATER SAMPLES;

CONTAMINATION;

CHLORINE; HOT WATER; IRON; RNA 16S;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; BUILDING; CHLORINE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMETER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; TURBIDITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 56649112946     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03932.x     Document Type: Article

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