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The Efficacy of Heat and Chlorine Treatment against Thermotolerant Acanthamoebae and Legionellae

Michael V. Storey Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Water Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SE-171 82, SolnaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jadwiga Winiecka-krusnell Centre for Water and Waste Technology, University of New South Wales, 2052, UNSW-Sydney
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Nicholas J. Ashbolt Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Water Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SE-171 82, Solna
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Thor-axel Stenström Centre for Water and Waste Technology, University of New South Wales, 2052, UNSW-Sydney
Pages 656-662 | Received 08 Apr 2004, Accepted 15 Jun 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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