Cytotoxicity, Intracellular Replication, and Contact-Dependent Pore Formation of Genotyped Environmental Legionella pneumophila Isolates from Hospital Water Systems in the West Bank, Palestine

Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease. Due to the hot climate and intermittent water supply, the West Bank, Palestine, can be considered a high-risk area for this often fatal atypical pneumonia. L. pneumophila occurs in biofilms of natural and man-made freshwater env...

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Autores principales: Zayed, Ashraf R., Pecellin, Marina, Jaber, Lina, Butmeh, Suha, Bahader, Shereen A., Steinert, Michael, Höfle, Manfred G., Brettar, Ingrid, Bitar, Dina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33915921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040417

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33915921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040417

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