Genome Analysis of Legionella pneumophila Strains Using a Mixed-Genome Microarray

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Euser, Sjoerd M ^a   Nagelkerke, Nico J ^b   Schuren, Frank ^c   Jansen, Ruud ^a   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^a  

^a Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIXED GENOME MICROARRAY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867641601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047437     Document Type: Article

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