Prevalence of Legionella strains in cooling towers and legionellosis cases in New Zealand

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 82-89

  Lau, Robert ^a   Maqsood, Saadia ^a   Harte, David ^b   Caughley, Brian ^a   Deacon, Rob ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Hutt Valley DHB   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; COOLING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HABITAT TYPE; MONITORING; PATHOGENICITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

AIR CONDITIONING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874407947     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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