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Resolving the Controversy on Environmental Cultures for Legionella : A Modest Proposal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Victor L. Yu
Victor L. Yu*
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Infectious Disease Section, VA Medical Center, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 12 , December 1998 , pp. 893 - 897
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