Sequence-based typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 clinical isolates from Belgium between 2000 and 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 43, 2012, Pages

  Vekens, E ^a   Soetens, O ^a   De Mendonca R ^b   Echahidi, F ^a   Roisin, S ^b   Deplano, A ^b   Eeckhout, L ^a   Achtergael, W ^a   Pierard D ^a   Denis, O ^b   Wybo, I ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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