Travel-associated legionnaires' disease in Europe in 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Joseph, C A ^a   Ricketts, K D ^a   Yadav, R ^a   Patel, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049505068     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.41.19683-en     Document Type: Article

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