Molecular typing of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-341

  Gilmour, Matthew W ^a,b   Bernard, Kathryn ^a,b   Tracz, Dobryan M ^a   Olson, Adam B ^a   Corbett, Cindi R ^a   Burdz, Tamara ^a   Ng, Betty ^a   Wiebe, Deborah ^a   Broukhanski, George ^c   Boleszczuk, Peter ^c   Tang, Patrick ^c   Jamieson, Frances ^c   Van Domselaar, Gary ^a   Plummer, Francis A ^a,b   Berry, Jody D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASD GENE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING TOWER; DNAX GENE; EPIDEMIC; FLAA GENE; FTSZ GENE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICMO GENE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIDA GENE; LUNG; MIP GENE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOMPS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILE GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROA GENE; SIDA GENE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRPS GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; ONTARIO; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33847610199     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46738-0     Document Type: Article

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