Legionnaires' disease in Italy: Results of the epidemiological surveillance from 2000 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Rota, M C ^a   Caporali, M G ^a   Bella, A ^a   Ricci, M L ^a   Napoli, C ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMPORIATRICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84878973134     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.18.23.20497-en     Document Type: Article

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