Cluster of Legionnaires' disease associated with a public whirlpool spa, France, April - May 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Campese, C ^a   Roche, D ^b   Clement C ^b   Fierobe, F ^c   Jarraud, S ^d   de Waelle, P ^b   Perrin, H ^c   Che, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Délégation Territoriale de l'Agence Régionale de Santé des Ardennes   (France)

^c Université de Champagne Ardenne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 77954614516     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
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