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Legionella in an Ice Machine May Be a Sentinel for Drinking Water Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Victor L. Yu  and
Janet E. Stout
Victor L. Yu*
Affiliation:
Special Pathogens Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Janet E. Stout
Affiliation:
Special Pathogens Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (vly@pitt.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , March 2010 , pp. 317
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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