Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13

In Japan, hot springs and public baths are the major sources of legionellosis. In 2015, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred among 7 patients who had visited a spa house. Laboratory investigation indicated that L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and 13 strains caused the outbreak and that these str...

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Autores principales: Kuroki, Toshiro, Amemura-Maekawa, Junko, Ohya, Hitomi, Furukawa, Ichiro, Suzuki, Miyuki, Masaoka, Tomoka, Aikawa, Kastuhiro, Hibi, Kazumi, Morita, Masatomo, Lee, Ken-ichi, Ohnishi, Makoto, Kura, Fumiaki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28098535
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161012
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author Kuroki, Toshiro
Amemura-Maekawa, Junko
Ohya, Hitomi
Furukawa, Ichiro
Suzuki, Miyuki
Masaoka, Tomoka
Aikawa, Kastuhiro
Hibi, Kazumi
Morita, Masatomo
Lee, Ken-ichi
Ohnishi, Makoto
Kura, Fumiaki
author_facet Kuroki, Toshiro
Amemura-Maekawa, Junko
Ohya, Hitomi
Furukawa, Ichiro
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Hibi, Kazumi
Morita, Masatomo
Lee, Ken-ichi
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description In Japan, hot springs and public baths are the major sources of legionellosis. In 2015, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred among 7 patients who had visited a spa house. Laboratory investigation indicated that L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and 13 strains caused the outbreak and that these strains were genetically related.
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spelling pubmed-53247952017-02-24 Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13 Kuroki, Toshiro Amemura-Maekawa, Junko Ohya, Hitomi Furukawa, Ichiro Suzuki, Miyuki Masaoka, Tomoka Aikawa, Kastuhiro Hibi, Kazumi Morita, Masatomo Lee, Ken-ichi Ohnishi, Makoto Kura, Fumiaki Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In Japan, hot springs and public baths are the major sources of legionellosis. In 2015, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred among 7 patients who had visited a spa house. Laboratory investigation indicated that L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and 13 strains caused the outbreak and that these strains were genetically related. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5324795/ /pubmed/28098535 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161012 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Kuroki, Toshiro
Amemura-Maekawa, Junko
Ohya, Hitomi
Furukawa, Ichiro
Suzuki, Miyuki
Masaoka, Tomoka
Aikawa, Kastuhiro
Hibi, Kazumi
Morita, Masatomo
Lee, Ken-ichi
Ohnishi, Makoto
Kura, Fumiaki
Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13
title Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13
title_full Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13
title_fullStr Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13
title_full_unstemmed Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13
title_short Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13
title_sort outbreak of legionnaire’s disease caused by legionella pneumophila serogroups 1 and 13
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28098535
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161012
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