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Influence of Sampling Season and Sampling Protocol on Detection of Legionella Pneumophila Contamination in Hot Water / Paraugu Ņemšanas Sezonalitātes Un Paraugu Ņemšanas Metodes Ietekme Uz Legionella Pneumophila Kontaminācijas Noteikšanu Karstajš Ūdenī Cover

Influence of Sampling Season and Sampling Protocol on Detection of Legionella Pneumophila Contamination in Hot Water / Paraugu Ņemšanas Sezonalitātes Un Paraugu Ņemšanas Metodes Ietekme Uz Legionella Pneumophila Kontaminācijas Noteikšanu Karstajš Ūdenī

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Volume 70 (2016): Issue 4 (August 2016)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2016-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X (formerly 1407-009X) | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
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Language: English
Page range: 227 - 231
Submitted on: Apr 4, 2016
Published on: Aug 4, 2016
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Legionella control,
hot water,
water temperature,
sampling strategy
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
General mathematics

© 2016 Daina Pūle, Olga Valciņa, Aivars Bērziņš, Ludmila Vīksna, Angelika Krūmiņa, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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