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Combined use of real-time PCR and nested sequence-based typing in survey of human Legionella infection.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jul 2016
Qin T, Zhou H, Ren H, Shi W, Jin H, Jiang X, Xu Y, Zhou M, Li J, Wang J, Shao Z, Xu X
Abstract excerpt
Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a globally distributed systemic infectious disease. The burden of LD in many regions is still unclear, especially in Asian countries including China. A survey of Legionella infection using real-time PCR and nested sequence-based typing (SBT) was performed in two hospitals in Shanghai, China. A total of 265 bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) specimens were collected from hospital A...
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