Rainfall Is a Risk Factor for Sporadic Cases of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

Carolina Garcia-Vidal; Maria Labori; Diego Viasus; Antonella Simonetti; Dolors Garcia-Somoza; Jordi Dorca; Francesc Gudiol; Jordi Carratalà

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061036

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Rainfall Is a Risk Factor for Sporadic Cases of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

Carolina Garcia-Vidal ,

* E-mail: carolgv75@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Institut Dinnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases), Madrid, Spain
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Maria Labori,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Institut Dinnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Diego Viasus,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Institut Dinnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Antonella Simonetti,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Institut Dinnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Dolors Garcia-Somoza,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Dorca,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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Francesc Gudiol,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Institut Dinnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases), Madrid, Spain
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Jordi Carratalà

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Institut Dinnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases), Madrid, Spain
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Rainfall Is a Risk Factor for Sporadic Cases of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

Carolina Garcia-Vidal,
Maria Labori,
Diego Viasus,
Antonella Simonetti,
Dolors Garcia-Somoza,
Jordi Dorca,
Francesc Gudiol,
Jordi Carratalà

Published: April 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061036

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