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Public Whirlpools—The Epidemiology and Microbiology of Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Edwin E. Geldreich
Affiliation:
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio Hospital Infections Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
Anita K. Highsmith*
Affiliation:
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio Hospital Infections Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
William J. Martone
Affiliation:
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio Hospital Infections Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hospital Infection Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, CA 30333
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Abstract

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Type
Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

References

1. Mangione, EJ, Remis, RS, Tail, KA, et al: An outbreak of Pontiac fever related to whirlpool use, Michigan 1982. JAMA 1985;253:535539.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2. Centers for Disease Control. Suggested health and safety guidelines for public spas and hot tubs. Atlanta, GA: CDC April 1981; revised January 1985.Google Scholar