Water quality parameters associated with prevalence of Legionella in hot spring facility water bodies

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4805-4811

  Huang, Shih Wei ^a   Hsu, Bing Mu ^a   Wu, Shu Fen ^a   Fan, Cheng Wei ^a   Shih, Feng Cheng ^b   Lin, Yung Chang ^c   Ji, Dar Der ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture method; Direct DNA extraction method; Facility water; Legionella; Spring water

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CULTURE METHODS; DIRECT DNA EXTRACTION METHOD; DNA EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; FACILITY WATER; LEGIONELLA SPP; LEGIONELLAE; SPRING WATER; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATERBODIES;

HOT SPRINGS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIVITY; PH; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; THERMAL SPRING; WATER QUALITY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA ERYTHRA; LEGIONELLA GRESILENSIS; LEGIONELLA LYTICA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA RUBRILUCEN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; THERMAL SPRING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

TAIWAN;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA ERYTHRA; LEGIONELLA GRESILENSIS; LEGIONELLA LYTICA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 77957094829     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.063     Document Type: Article

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