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<i>Legionella pneumophila</i> ’s Tsp is important for surviving thermal stress in water and inside amoeba
2020-12-10
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Legionella pneumophila ( Lp ) is an inhabitant of natural and man-made water systems where it replicates within amoebae and ciliates and survives within biofilms. When Lp -contaminated aerosols are breathed in, Lp will enter the lungs and infect human alveolar macrophages, causing a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires Disease. Lp is often found in hot water distribution systems (HWDS), wh...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2b4ff5c9-5b79-5036-9ffe-93471e27596c
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.12.08.417196
