Sequence-based typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 offers the potential for true portability in legionellosis outbreak investigation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2932-2939

  Gaia, Valeria ^a,c   Fry, Norman K ^b   Harrison, Timothy G ^b   Peduzzi, Raffaele ^a  

^a Instituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CALCULATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037493255     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.2932-2939.2003     Document Type: Article

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