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Molecular epidemiology of Legionnaires' disease in Israel.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2014
Moran-Gilad J, Mentasti M, Lazarovitch T, Huberman Z, Stocki T, Sadik C, Shahar T, Anis E, Valinsky L, Harrison T G, Grotto I
Abstract excerpt
National surveillance of Legionnaires' disease (LD) is important to inform control measures and facilitate international networking for timely reporting. This study is the first to describe the molecular epidemiology of LD in Israel. Case notifications for 2006-2011, collated through mandatory reporting, were identified and demographic, clinical and laboratory data were extracted. Unrelated clinical and...
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