Bathwater-associated cases of legionellosis in Japan, with a special focus on Legionella concentrations in water

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Kuroki, Toshiro ^a   Ishihara, Tomoe ^a   Ito, Kumiko ^a   Kura, Fumiaki ^b  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WATER CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATHS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 69249217948     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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