Genomic resolution of outbreak-associated Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from New York State

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3582-3590

  Raphael, Brian H ^a   Baker, Deborah J ^b   Nazarian, Elizabeth ^b   Lapierre, Pascal ^b   Bopp, Dianna ^b   Kozak Muiznieks, Natalia A ^a   Morrison, Shatavia S ^a   Lucas, Claressa E ^a   Mercante, Jeffrey W ^a   Musser, Kimberlee A ^b   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

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

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SEPARATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

GENES;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; ISOLATION EFFECT; LABORATORY METHOD; POPULATION OUTBREAK;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW YORK; PROCEDURES; SEROTYPE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW YORK; SEROGROUP;

EID: 84971375836     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00362-16     Document Type: Article

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