Alternative routes for dissemination of legionella pneumophila causing three outbreaks in Norway

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8712-8717

  Olsen, Jaran Strand ^a   Aarskaug, Tone ^a   Thrane, Ingjerd ^a   Pourcel, Christine ^b   Ask, Eirik ^c   Johansen, Gisle ^d   Waagen, Viggo ^d   Blatny, Janet Martha ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Unilabs   (France)

^d Borregaard Ind Ltd   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION PONDS; AIR SCRUBBER; ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS; BORREGAARD; HUMAN PATHOGENS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIQUID MEDIA; MAIN AMPLIFIERS; OPERATING CONDITION; PREVENTIVE ACTION; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER OUTLET;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; LAKES; RIVERS; SCRUBBERS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; LIQUID; PATHOGENICITY; POND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIC; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIVER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; NORWAY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 78449255402     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1007774     Document Type: Article

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