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Genotypic comparison of clinical Legionella isolates and patient-related environmental isolates in The Netherlands, 2002-2006.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2008
Den Boer J W, Bruin J P, Verhoef L P B, Van der Zwaluw K, Jansen R, Yzerman E P F
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This study investigated the hypothesis that the genotype distribution of Legionella isolates from sporadic patients with Legionnaires' disease differs from that of Legionella strains in the environment. An amplified fragment-length polymorphism (AFLP) assay was used to genotype patient-derived and environmental Legionella isolates. The three Legionella pneumophila genotypes isolated most frequently from human...
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