Gene flow in environmental Legionella pneumophila leads to genetic and pathogenic heterogeneity within a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak

BACKGROUND: Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by the environmental bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Outbreaks commonly affect people with known risk factors, but the genetic and pathogenic complexity of L. pneumophila within an outbreak is not well understood. Here, we inve...

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Autores principales: McAdam, Paul R, Vander Broek, Charles W, Lindsay, Diane SJ, Ward, Melissa J, Hanson, Mary F, Gillies, Michael, Watson, Mick, Stevens, Joanne M, Edwards, Giles F, Fitzgerald, J Ross
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4256819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25370747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-014-0504-1

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