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Sequence-based typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 clinical isolates from Belgium between 2000 and 2010.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 25 Oct 2012
Vekens E, Soetens O, De Mendonça R, Echahidi F, Roisin S, Deplano A, Eeckhout L, Achtergael W, Piérard D, Denis O, Wybo I
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Sequence-based typing (SBT) is a discriminatory method widely used to genotype Legionella pneumophila strains. A total of 86 clinical L. pneumophila serogroup 1 (sg1) isolates, collected between January 2000 and December 2010 in the two Belgian National Reference Centres for Legionella pneumophila, were genotyped using the internationally standardised SBT protocol of the European Working Group for Legionella...
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