Legionella species colonization of water distribution systems, pools and air conditioning systems in cruise ships and ferries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Goutziana, Georgia ^a   Mouchtouri, Varvara A ^a,c   Karanika, Maria ^a   Kavagias, Antonios ^b   Stathakis, Nikolaos E ^a   Gourgoulianis, Kostantinos ^a   Kremastinou, Jenny ^c   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Mercantile Marine   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; WATER SUPPLY; AIR CONDITIONING; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEISURE; MICROBIOLOGY; SHIP; SWIMMING POOL;

AIR CONDITIONING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEGIONELLA; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; SHIPS; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 58149091414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-390     Document Type: Article

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