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Rapid detection and evolutionary analysis of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 sequence type 47.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Mentasti M, Cassier P, David S, Ginevra C, Gomez-Valero L, Underwood A, Afshar B, Etienne J, Parkhill J, Chalker V, Buchrieser C, Harrison T G, Jarraud S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) sequence type 47 is the leading cause of legionellosis in north-western Europe, but, surprisingly, it is rarely isolated from environmental samples. Comparative genomics was applied to develop a PCR assay and to better understand the evolution of this strain. METHODS: Comparative analysis of 36 genomes representative of the Lp species was used to identify...
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