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Incidence of Legionellosis in Hospitals Contaminated by Legionella pneumophila Other Than Serogroup 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

S. Ditommaso ,
M. Giacomuzzi ,
C. Biasin ,
M. Gentile ,
G. Maggiorotto ,
A. Ruggenini Moiraghi ,
C. M. Zotti  and
Legionellosis Collaborating Group
S. Ditommaso*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
M. Giacomuzzi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
C. Biasin
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
M. Gentile
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
G. Maggiorotto
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
A. Ruggenini Moiraghi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
C. M. Zotti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
*
University of Turin, Department of Public Health and Microbiology, Via Santena 5 bis, Turin, Italy 10126 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 509 - 511
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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