Lorraine Strain of<i>Legionella</i><i>pneumophila</i>Serogroup 1, France

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To the Editor: Legionellosis is a pneumonia caused by inhalation of Legionella spp. in aerosol water particles. Legionella pneumophila is responsible for ≈90% of cases; serogroup 1 alone accounts for ≈85% of cases (1). Epidemiologic analyses based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and sequence-based typing of clinical isolates of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 have detected sporadic, epidemic, and endemic...

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