Molecular epidemiology of Legionnaires' disease in Israel

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 690-696

  Moran Gilad, J ^a   Mentasti, M ^b   Lazarovitch, T ^c   Huberman, Z ^a   Stocki, T ^b   Sadik, C ^a   Shahar, T ^a   Anis, E ^a   Valinsky, L ^a   Harrison, T G ^b   Grotto, I ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Legionella; Legionnaires' disease; Molecular epidemiology; Typing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; SEROGROUP; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904981685     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12425     Document Type: Article

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