A preliminary assessment of the occupational risk of acquiring Legionnaires' disease for people working in telephone manholes, a new workplace environment for Legionella growth

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 540-545

  Ricci, Maria Luisa ^a   Fontana, Stefano ^a   Bella, Antonino ^a   Gaggioli, A ^a   Cascella, R ^b   Cassone, Antonio ^a   Scaturro, Maria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibody titer; Legionella; manhole; occupational risk

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; TELEPHONE; WATER SAMPLING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 77956227530     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.194     Document Type: Article

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