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Distribution of lag-1 alleles and sequence-based types among Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 clinical and environmental isolates in the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2009
Kozak Natalia A, Benson Robert F, Brown Ellen, Alexander Nicole T, Taylor Thomas H, Shelton Brian G, Fields Barry S
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 84% of legionellosis cases are due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. Moreover, a majority of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 clinical isolates react positively with monoclonal antibody 2 (MAb2) of the international standard panel. Over 94% of the legionellosis outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are due to this subset of L. pneumophila serogroup 1. To date, there...
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