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Unexplained Increased Incidence of Legionnaires Disease during the “Herald Wave” of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Burke A. Cunha ,
Nardeen Mickail  and
Valsamma Thekkel
Burke A. Cunha*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section and Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Nardeen Mickail
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section and Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Valsamma Thekkel
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section and Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
*
Winthrop-University Hospital, 222 Station Plaza N, Ste 432, Mineola, NY 11501
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 562 - 563
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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