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Legionnaire Disease
Researchers from Toho University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of legionnaire disease
August 26th, 2008
"We analyzed the effects of temperature on the interaction of Legionella pneumophila with Acanthamoeba castellanii," scientists writing in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology report. "At <20 degrees C, overexpression of type 1 metacaspase, a stimulator of A. castellanii encystation, was associated with a reduced number of bacteria within amoeba," wrote A. Ohno and colleagues, Toho University. The researchers concluded: "At low temperatures, A. castellanii seems to eliminate L. pneumophila by encystation and digestion." Ohno and colleagues published their study in Applied and Environmental...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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