Progress in the surveillance and control of Legionella infection in France, 1998-2008

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Campese, Christine ^a   Bitar, Dounia ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^b   Maine, Catherine ^a   Forey, Françoise ^b   Etienne, Jerome ^b   Desenclos, Jean Claude ^a   Saura, Christine ^a   Che, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Groupe Hospitalier Est   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Legionella; Legionnaires' disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; COOLING TOWER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650903053     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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