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Typing of Legionella strains isolated from environmental samples in Crete, Greece, during the period 2004-2011.
Journal of water and health - 1 Dec 2013
Chochlakis Dimosthenis, Sandalakis Vassilios, Panoulis Christos, Goniotakis Ioannis, Makridaki Eirini, Tselentis Yannis, Psaroulaki Anna
Abstract excerpt
In Greece, standard tests are performed in watering and cooling systems of hotels. A total of 1,494 water samples were collected during 2004-2011 from 124 hotels from four regions in Crete (Greece). Samples were tested for the presence of Legionella spp.; 103 isolates were identified and typed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-sequencing and sequence-based typing (SBT) (in case of L. pneumophila sg 1). Of those,...
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