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Is There a Relationship Between Monthly Rainfall and the Isolation of Legionella in Potable Water Systems in Spanish Healthcare Facilities?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jose-Maria Rivera ,
Juan-Jose Granizo ,
Lorenzo Aguilar ,
Maria-Jose Giménez ,
Jose-Maria Aguiar  and
Jose Prieto
Jose-Maria Rivera
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine Department, Madrid, Spain School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, and the Bioseguridad Ambiental SL, Madrid, Spain
Juan-Jose Granizo
Affiliation:
Grana Datos SL, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Lorenzo Aguilar*
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Madrid
Maria-Jose Giménez
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Madrid
Jose-Maria Aguiar
Affiliation:
Control Microbiològico SL, Madrid, Spain
Jose Prieto
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Madrid
*
Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Avda, Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain(laguilar@med.ucm.es)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 306 - 308
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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