Legionellae in engineered systems and use of quantitative microbial risk assessment to predict exposure

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-933

  Buse, Helen Y ^a   Schoen, Mary E ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineered water systems; Legionella detection; Legionella occurrence; Legionella pneumophila; QMRA

Indexed keywords

WATERWORKS;

ENGINEERED WATER SYSTEMS; LEGIONELLA DETECTIONS; LEGIONELLA OCCURRENCES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; QMRA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; COPPER; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFILM; BIOTIC FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROSOL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; ECOLOGY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ADELAIDENSIS; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA BELIARDENSIS; LEGIONELLA CHERNI; LEGIONELLA CINCINNATIENSIS; LEGIONELLA DONALDSONII; LEGIONELLA DROZANSKI; LEGIONELLA ERYTHRA; LEGIONELLA FALLONII; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA GRESILENSIS; LEGIONELLA JORDANIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA OAKRIDGENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA ROWBOTHAMII; LEGIONELLA RUBRLUCENS; LEGIONELLA WALTERSII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84856085681     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.022     Document Type: Review

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