Increase in pre-seasonal community-acquired Legionnaire's disease due to increased precipitation

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e45-e46

  Cunha, B A ^a,c   Connolly, J ^a,c   Abruzzo, E ^a,b  

^a Div of Pediatric Infectious Disease   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84930801826     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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