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Comparison of the Legionella pneumophila population structure as determined by sequence-based typing and whole genome sequencing

BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic pathogen of humans where the source of infection is usually from contaminated man-made water systems. When an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease caused by L. pneumophila occurs, it is necessary to discover the source of infection. A seven allele...

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Autores principales: Underwood, Anthony P, Jones, Garan, Mentasti, Massimo, Fry, Norman K, Harrison, Timothy G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24364868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-302