ShareTHE LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
LA MALADIE DES LEGIONNAIRES. REFLEXIONS D'ORDRE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE.
Author(s) : BASTIN R.
Type of article: Article
Summary
ON THE OCCASION OF THE OBSERVATION OF SEVERAL CASES OF THIS DISEASE IN A PARIS HOSPITAL, ATTENTION IS DRAWN ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY AIR CONDITIONERS IN THE DIFFUSION OF THIS CONTAMINATING AGENT, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA, A ROLE AGGRAVATED BY THE FACT THERE IS ALWAYS AIR RECIRCULATION. THE PROPHYLATIC MEASURES CONSIST IN SUPPRESSING RECIRCULATION, REMOVING CONDENSATION WATER AND STERILISING AIR BY UV RAYS. G.G.
Details
- Original title: LA MALADIE DES LEGIONNAIRES. REFLEXIONS D'ORDRE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE.
- Record ID : 1983-0251
- Languages: French
- Source: Bull. Acad. natl. Méd. - vol. 166 - n. 1
- Publication date: 1982/01/12
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: Comfort air conditioning
- Keywords: Legionellosis; Hygiene; Air conditioning
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- Date : 1982
- Languages : English
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- Date : 1985
- Languages : English
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- Languages : English
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- Source: Cond. Aria - vol. 31 - n. 12
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