Confirmed and potential sources of Legionella reviewed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4797-4815

  Van Heijnsbergen, Eri ^a   Schalk, Johanna A C ^a   Euser, Sjoerd M ^b   Brandsema, Petra S ^a   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^b   De Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; POTABLE WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

DISEASE BURDENS; LEGIONELLA; LEVELS OF EVIDENCE; MANMADE SYSTEMS; NATURAL-MATRIX; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COOLING; HYDROTHERAPY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; THERMAL SPRING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY;

LEGIONELLA;

DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84928409647     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00142     Document Type: Article

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