Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strain paris: Endemic distribution throughout France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3320-3322

  Aurell, Helena ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Forey, Françoise ^a   Reyrolle, Monique ^a   Girardo, Pascale ^a   Farge, Pierre ^a   Decludt, Bénédicte ^b   Campese, Christine ^b   Vandenesch, François ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLONE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; SEROTYPING;

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

EID: 0038168018     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3320-3322.2003     Document Type: Article

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