Pan-European study on culture-proven Legionnaires' disease: Distribution of Legionella pneumophila serogroups and monoclonal subgroups

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 710-716

  Helbig, Juergen H ^a   Bernander, S ^b   Castellani Pastoris, M ^c   Etienne, J ^d   Gaia, V ^e   Lauwers, S ^f   Lindsay, D ^g   Luck P C ^a   Marques, T ^h   Mentula, S ⁱ   Peeters, M F ^j   Pelaz, C ^k   Struelens, M ^l   Uldum, S A ^m   Wewalka, G ⁿ   Harrison, T G ^o  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^g Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^h HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

ⁱ NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j Streeklaboratorium Volksgezondheid   (Netherlands)

^k INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^l ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^m STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁿ Bund Bakteriol Serol Untersuch   (Austria)

^o CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SEROTYPING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EUROPE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0036460269     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0820-3     Document Type: Article

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