Prevalence of sequence types among clinical and environmental isolates of legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the United States from 1982 to 2012

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-211

  Kozak Muiznieks, Natalia A ^a   Lucas, Claressa E ^a   Brown, Ellen ^a   Pondo, Tracy ^a   Taylor Jr , Thomas H ^a   Frace, Michael ^b   Miskowski, Diane ^c   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMSL Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891500679     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01973-13     Document Type: Article

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