Genomic Analysis Reveals Novel Diversity among the 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Isolates and Additional ST36 Strains

Legionella pneumophila was first recognized as a cause of severe and potentially fatal pneumonia during a large-scale outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) at a Pennsylvania veterans’ convention in Philadelphia, 1976. The ensuing investigation and recovery of four clinical isolates launched the fie...

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Autores principales: Mercante, Jeffrey W., Morrison, Shatavia S., Desai, Heta P., Raphael, Brian H., Winchell, Jonas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5042515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27684472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164074

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5042515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27684472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164074

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