Legionella spp. and legionellosis in southeastern Italy: Disease epidemiology and environmental surveillance in community and health care facilities

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Napoli, Christian ^a,b   Fasano, Fabrizio ^a   Iatta, Roberta ^a   Barbuti, Giovanna ^a   Cuna, Teresa ^a   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Legionella Reference Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77958517531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-660     Document Type: Article

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