Search Results - "Kusnetsov, Jaana"
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Survival of Mycobacterium avium, Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Caliciviruses in Drinking Water-Associated Biofilms Grown under High-Shear Turbulent Flow
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-05-2007)“…Most of the bacteria in drinking water distribution systems are associated with biofilms. In biofilms, their nutrient supply is better than in water, and…”
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Two Legionnaires' disease cases associated with industrial waste water treatment plants: a case report
Published in BMC infectious diseases (02-12-2010)“…Finnish and Swedish waste water systems used by the forest industry were found to be exceptionally heavily contaminated with legionellae in 2005. We report two…”
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Amoebae and other protozoa in material samples from moisture-damaged buildings
Published in Environmental research (01-11-2004)“…Mold growth in buildings has been shown to be associated with adverse health effects. The fungal and bacterial growth on moistened building materials has been…”
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Drinking water quality and formation of biofilms in an office building during its first year of operation, a full scale study
Published in Water research (Oxford) (01-02-2014)“…Complex interactions existing between water distribution systems' materials and water can cause a reduction in water quality and unwanted changes in materials,…”
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Mycobacteria in Finnish cooling tower waters
Published in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica (01-04-2014)“…Evaporative cooling towers are water systems used in, e.g., industry and telecommunication to remove excess heat by evaporation of water. Temperatures of…”
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Survival of Mycobacterium avium, Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Caliciviruses in Drinking Water-Associated B iofilms Grown under High-Shear Turbulent Flow[white triangle down]
Published in Applied and environmental microbiology (01-05-2007)“…Most of the bacteria in drinking water distribution systems are associated with biofilms. In biofilms, their nutrient supply is better than in water, and…”
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Microbial reduction in wastewater treatment using Fe(3+) and Al(3+) coagulants and PAA disinfectant
Published in Journal of water and health (01-12-2013)“…Wastewater is an important source of pathogenic enteric microorganisms in surface water and a major contaminating agent of drinking water. Although primary and…”
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Manual faucets induce more biofilms than electronic faucets
Published in Canadian journal of microbiology (01-06-2013)“…Electronic faucets (types E1 and E2) and manual (M) faucets were studied for microbial quality, i.e., biomass and pathogenic microbes of biofilms in the faucet…”
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Copper and silver ions more effective against Legionellae than against mycobacteria in a hospital warm water system
Published in Water research (Oxford) (01-12-2001)“…We studied the influence of electrolytically released copper and silver ions on the microbiological quality in a warm water system of a hospital. The…”
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Sensitive genus-specific detection of Legionella by a 16S rRNA based sandwich hybridization assay
Published in Journal of microbiological methods (01-08-2005)“…The aim of this study was to develop a sensitive, cultivation-independent analytical method for Legionella in man-made water systems which can be performed…”
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Persistent Legionella pneumophila colonization of a hospital water supply: efficacy of control methods and a molecular epidemiological analysis
Published in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica (01-01-2005)“…After a nosocomial outbreak caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5, the hospital water distribution system, which was found to be colonized by L…”
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Effects of amoebae on the growth of microbes isolated from moisture-damaged buildings
Published in Canadian journal of microbiology (01-04-2006)“…Dampness, moisture, and mold in buildings are associated with adverse health outcomes. In addition to fungi and bacteria, amoebae have been found in…”
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Colonization of hospital water systems by legionellae, mycobacteria and other heterotrophic bacteria potentially hazardous to risk group patients
Published in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica (01-05-2003)“…Occurrences of legionellae and nontuberculous mycobacteria were followed in water systems of a tertiary care hospital where nosocomial infections due to the…”
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A Newborn with Domestically Acquired Legionnaires Disease Confirmed by Molecular Typing
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-10-2002)“…Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6 was recovered from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen from a 1-week-old, full-term newborn with pneumonia, as well as from…”
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A Newborn with Domestically Acquired Legionnaires Disease Confirmed by Molecular Typing [Abstract]
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Isolation of Legionella from water samples using various culture methods
Published in Journal of applied bacteriology (01-02-1994)“…The efficacy of a non-selective medium and two selective media were compared for the isolation of legionellas from water samples. The effect of acid wash…”
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Growth of Legionella and other heterotrophic bacteria in a circulating cooling water system exposed to ultraviolet irradiation
Published in Journal of applied bacteriology (01-10-1994)“…The effect of ultraviolet irradiation on the growth and occurrence of legionella and other heterotrophic bacteria in a circulating cooling water system was…”
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