Effect of common drinking water disinfectants, chlorine and heat, on free Legionella and amoebae-associated Legionella

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Cervero Aragó, Sílvia ^a,b   Rodríguez Martínez, Sarah ^a,c   Puertas Bennasar, Antoni ^a   Araujo, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HEAT TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER SUPPLY; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HALOGENATION; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SANITATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CHLORINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISINFECTION; HALOGENATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MINERAL WATERS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84941991998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134726     Document Type: Article

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