Legionella: Methods and Protocols

by Carmen Buchrieser

Book Overview

Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia that can occur in epidemics of several hundred cases. This atypical pneumonia is characterized by a high mortality rate and affects primarily elderly and immuno-compromised individuals. An in-depth understanding of the ecology and virulence of Legionella spp. will contribute to an efficient and sustainable elimination of the bacteria from anthropogenic water systems and might lead to the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493962744
• ISBN13: 9781493962747
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"