Legionella pneumophila strain associated with the first evidence of person-to-person transmission of Legionnaireś disease: A unique mosaic genetic backbone

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Borges, Vítor ^a   Nunes, Alexandra ^a   Sampaio, Daniel A ^a   Vieira, Luís ^a   Machado, Jorge ^a   Simões, Maria J ^a   Gonçalves, Paulo ^a   Gomes, João P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEROTYPE; TRANSMISSION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 84969930909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26261     Document Type: Article

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