Prevalence study of Simkania negevensis in cooling towers in Spain

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-316

  Pérez, Leonardo Martín ^a   Codony, Francesc ^a   Ríos, Karina ^a,b   Adrados, Bárbara ^a   Fittipaldi, Mariana ^a   De Dios, Gregori ^c   Peñuela, Gustavo ^b   Morato, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c Stenco Industrial   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cooling towers; Environmental water samples; Real time PCR; Simkania negevensis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; COOLING; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING TOWER; INFECTION RISK; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; CHLAMYDIALES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; INDUSTRY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIALES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; SIMKANIA; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

EID: 79958798501     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.216     Document Type: Article

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