Efficacy of the detection of Legionella in hot and cold water samples by culture and PCR. II. Examination of native samples from various sources

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-298

  Stojek, Nimfa Maria ^a   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Culture; Detection; Efficacy; Legionella; PCR; Water; Water supply systems; Well water

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; HOT WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER WELLS;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 84863522632     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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