Legionella spp. in UK composts-a potential public health issue?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Currie, S L ^a   Beattie, T K ^a   Knapp, C W ^a   Lindsay, D S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compost; Legionella; Legionella longbeachae; Legionnaires' disease; Potting soil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BIRMINGHAMENSIS; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA QUATEIRENSIS; LEGIONELLA SAINTHELENSI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

COMPOST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POTTING SOIL;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84895930968     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12381     Document Type: Article

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