First study in Qatar to reveal high Legionella counts in cooling towers

Legionella spp. is transmitted from water to humans by aerosol-generating devices, including cooling towers (CTs). There have not been published reports about Legionella in these systems in Qatar. Ten CTs in Qatar University were sampled on a monthly basis. Bacteria were recovered from 90 water samp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eastern Mediterranean health journal 2017-12, Vol.23 (10), p.703-707
Hauptverfasser:	AbuOdeh, Raed O, Aziz, Hassan A, Moussa, Houda, Hussien, Samah, Hadwan, Tameem, Nasrallah, Gheyath K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air Conditioning - methods Bacteria Cooling Cooling towers Copy number Deoxyribonucleic acid Disinfection & disinfectants DNA DNA, Bacterial Health risks Humans Humidity Laboratories Legionella Legionella - isolation & purification Legionnaires disease Local population Polymerase chain reaction Qatar Water analysis Water Microbiology Water purification Water sampling Water treatment
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