Investigation of Legionella Contamination in Bath Water Samples by Culture, Amoebic Co-Culture, and Real-Time Quantitative PCR Methods.

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Published in Int J Environ Res Public Health on October 19, 2015

Authors

Akiko Edagawa1,2, Akio Kimura3, Takako Kawabuchi-Kurata4, Shinichi Adachi5, Katsunori Furuhata6, Hiroshi Miyamoto7

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Environment Health, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025, Japan. edagawa@iph.pref.osaka.jp.
2: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan. edagawa@iph.pref.osaka.jp.
3: Division of Planning and Coordination, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025, Japan. akkimura@iph.pref.osaka.jp.
4: Division of Virology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025, Japan. kurata@iph.pref.osaka.jp.
5: Division of Environment Health, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025, Japan. adachi@iph.pref.osaka.jp.
6: School of Life and Environmental Science, Azabu University, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan. furuhata@azabu-u.ac.jp.
7: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan. miyamoth@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.

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