Epidemiology and ecology of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens: Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 749-758

  Falkinham, Joseph O ^a   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^b   Arduino, Matthew J ^c   Pruden, Amy ^d   Edwards, Marc A ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BIOFILM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; HOUSING; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

HOUSING; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84938338068     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408692     Document Type: Review

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