Legionnaires’ disease incidence and risk factors, New York, New York, USA, 2002-2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1795-1802

  Farnham, Andrea ^a   Alleyne, Lisa ^a   Cimini, Daniel ^a   Balter, Sharon ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; URINE ANTIGEN TEST; VERY ELDERLY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MORTALITY;

HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908102451     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2011.131872     Document Type: Article

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