A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease: evidence of a cooling tower as the source.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Infect on July 01, 2006

Authors

M Sabria1, J Alvarez, A Dominguez, A Pedrol, G Sauca, L Salleras, A Lopez, M A Garcia-Nuñez, I Parron, M P Barrufet

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1: Hospital Universitario Germans Trias I Pujol, Infectious Diseases, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. msabria.germanstrias@gencat.met

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