Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• 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:
  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
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f429835726c5ee10daae7f2641fa91526bec0a39a06a2d0c06379a9cf7048ffa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44366/cdc_44366_DS1.pdf
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