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Legionnaire Disease
Reports from J. Amemuramaekawa and co-researchers add new data to research in legionnaire disease
November 25th, 2008
According to a study from Toyama, Japan, "To investigate the genetic difference of Legionella pneumophila in human-made environments, we collected isolates of L. pneumophila from bath water (n = 167) and cooling tower water (n = 128) primarily in the Kanto region in 2001 and 2005." "The environmental isolates were serogrouped and sequenced for a target region of flaA. A total of 14 types of flaA genotypes were found: 10 from cooling tower water and nine from bath water," wrote J. Amemuramaekawa and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The flaA genotypes of isolates from cooling tower water were quite different from those of bath water." ...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-25)
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