Distribution of Legionella and bacterial community composition among regionally diverse US cooling towers

Cooling towers (CTs) are a leading source of outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease (LD), a severe form of pneumonia caused by inhalation of aerosols containing Legionella bacteria. Accordingly, proper maintenance of CTs is vital for the prevention of LD. The aim of this study was to determine the distr...

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Autores principales: Llewellyn, Anna C., Lucas, Claressa E., Roberts, Sarah E., Brown, Ellen W., Nayak, Bina S., Raphael, Brian H., Winchell, Jonas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29261791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189937

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29261791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189937

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