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An American Reset – Safe Water & a Workable Model of Federalism [PDF]
In 2015, at least 3.9 million Americans were exposed to lead in their drinking water at legally unacceptable levels. An additional 18 million Americans were at risk because their water systems were not in compliance with federal rules designed to ...
Warren, Cara Cunningham
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Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Due to Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 6
Legionella pneumophila is a common cause of sporadic community-acquired pneumonia, but culture-proven legionellosis is rarely diagnosed. There is no laboratory test for Legionnaires' disease that can detect all patients with the disease.
Chung-Yu Chen +3 more
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Legionella control in the water system of antiquated hospital buildings by shock and continuous hyperchlorination: 5 years experience [PDF]
To control the presence of Legionella in an old hospital water system, an integrated strategy of water disinfection-filtration was implemented in the university hospital Umberto I in Rome.
DE GIUSTI, Maria +11 more
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Iowa Surveillance of Notifiable and Other Diseases Annual Report, 2008 [PDF]
Promoting and protecting the health of Iowans is the mission of the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). Surveillance of notifiable health conditions is essential in establishing what, how, and when events impact the public’s health.
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Risk assessment for the spread of Serratia marcescens within dental-unit waterline systems using Vermamoeba vermiformis [PDF]
Vermamoeba vermiformis is associated with the biofilm ecology of dental-unit waterlines (DUWLs). This study investigated whether V. vermiformis is able to act as a vector for potentially pathogenic bacteria and so aid their dispersal within DUWL systems.
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Development of an indirect sandwich ELISA for detection of urinary antigen, using Legionella pneumophila PAL protein [PDF]
Legionella pneumophila peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (PAL) protein is an extremely conserved antigen among Legionella species. In this study, rabbit and rat anti-PAL immunoglobulin G antibodies were produced by immunization with purified ...
Alvandi, Amirhooshang. +5 more
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BackgroundLegionnaires’ disease has a high clinical mortality rate, and early diagnosis and treatment are critical. Increasing evidence shows that metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has excellent potential for the early identification of ...
Jianqing Fang +7 more
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Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Legionellosis, 2011 [PDF]
ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Colorado (5 county Denver area); Connecticut; Georgia (8 county Atlanta area); Maryland; Minnesota; New Mexico; New York (15 county Rochester and Albany areas); Oregon; Tennessee (20 urban ...
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