Biology and Pathogenesis of Legionella

• Auteur principal: Matthias Machner (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Hayley Newton (auth), Elizabeth Hartland (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Host-Pathogen Interactions; Legionnaires' Disease; Legionella; Dot/Icm effector; intravacuolar pathogen
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Legionella pneumophila was first isolated as the causative agent of a deadly infectious pneumonia at a convention of the American Legion forty years ago. Since then, Legionnaires' disease continues to be a significant public health concern. Today, our understanding of the Legionella genus, comp...