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[Application of molecular genetic methods during Legionnaires' disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Iatsyshina S B, Astakhova T S, Romanenko V V, Platonov A E, Zhukova Iu V, Braslavskaia S I, Tartakovskiĭ I S, Shipulin G A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to perform molecular genetic analysis based on multi-locus sequence typing in order to identify source of Legionnaires' disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma in July 2007 and genetic profile of the causative agent. Sequence-based typing protocol recommended by European Working Group on Legionella infection (EWGLI) was used. It was not possible to obtain satisfactory results of Fla...
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