It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity: Wet Weather Increases Legionellosis Risk in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area | Zendy

David N. Fisman | Zendy; Suet Lim | Zendy; Gregory A. Wellenius | Zendy; Caroline C. Johnson | Zendy; Phyllis H. Britz | Zendy; Meredith Gaskins | Zendy; John Maher | Zendy; Murray A. Mittleman | Zendy; C. Victor Spain | Zendy; Charles N. Haas | Zendy; E. Claire Newbern | Zendy

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It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity: Wet Weather Increases Legionellosis Risk in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

Author(s) -

David N. Fisman,

Suet Lim,

Gregory A. Wellenius,

Caroline C. Johnson,

Phyllis H. Britz,

Meredith Gaskins,

John Maher,

Murray A. Mittleman,

C. Victor Spain,

Charles N. Haas,

E. Claire Newbern

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/498248

Subject(s) - relative humidity , confidence interval , poisson regression , legionella , rate ratio , odds ratio , heat index , humidity , environmental science , medicine , meteorology , geography , environmental health , population , biology , bacteria , genetics

Legionella species are abundant in the environment and are increasingly recognized as a cause of severe pneumonia. Increases in cases of community-acquired legionellosis in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area (GPMA) led to concern that changing environmental factors could influence occurrence of disease.

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