Distribution of Virulence Genes and Sequence-Based Types Among Legionella pneumophila Isolated From the Water Systems of a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

• Main Authors: K. Sreenath (Author), Rama Chaudhry (Author), E. V. Vinayaraj (Author), A. B. Dey (Author), S. K. Kabra (Author), Bhaskar Thakur (Author), Randeep Guleria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a potentially fatal pneumonia predominantly caused by infection due to Legionella pneumophila although more than 50 other Legionella species are described. Water systems contaminated with Legionella spp. are the implicated sources of Legionnaires'...