Erratum: Assessment of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Flint, Michigan (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2018) 115 (E1730-E1739) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1718679115);Assessment of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint, Michigan

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2018, Pages E1730-E1739

  Zahran, Sammy ^a,b   McElmurry, Shawn P ^c   Kilgore, Paul E ^d   Mushinski, David ^a   Press, Jack ^c   Love, Nancy G ^e   Sadler, Richard C ^f   Swanson, Michele S ^g  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine residual; Drinking water; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICHIGAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

CHLORINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICHIGAN; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85042173555     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808389115     Document Type: Erratum

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