Legionellosis outbreak associated with asphalt paving machine, Spain, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1381-1387

  Coscollá, Mireia ^a,b,c   Fenollar, José ^d   Escribano, Isabel ^e   González Candelas, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Centro Salud Pública   (Spain)

^e Hospital Virgen de los Llirios   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPRING WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACHINE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77956074666     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100248     Document Type: Article

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