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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Kuroki, Toshiro ; Amemura-Maekawa, Junko ; Ohya, Hitomi ; Furukawa, Ichiro ; Suzuki, Miyuki ; ... More +
Kuroki, Toshiro ; Amemura-Maekawa, Junko ; Ohya, Hitomi ; Furukawa, Ichiro ; Suzuki, Miyuki ; Masaoka, Tomoka ; Aikawa, Kastuhiro ; Hibi, Kazumi ; Morita, Masatomo ; Lee, Ken-ichi ; Ohnishi, Makoto ; Kura, Fumiaki Less -
Description:
In Japan, hot springs and public baths are the major sources of legionellosis. In 2015, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurred among 7 patients who had visited a spa house. Laboratory investigation indicated that L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and 13 strains caused the outbreak and that these strains were genetically related.
Subjects:
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Disease Outbreaks Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Genes, Bacterial Humans Legionella Pneumophila Legionnaires' Disease Multilocus Sequence Typing Serogroup Water Microbiology
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 23(2):349-351.
Pubmed ID:
28098535
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5324795
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Japan
Location:
Asia
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:f429835726c5ee10daae7f2641fa91526bec0a39a06a2d0c06379a9cf7048ffa
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44366/cdc_44366_DS1.pdf
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