Use of sequence-based typing for investigation of a case of nosocomial legionellosis.

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Published in J Med Microbiol on December 01, 2006

Authors

Sallene Wong1, Kanti Pabbaraju, Veronica F Burk, George C Broukhanski, Julie Fox, Tom Louie, Manuel W Mah, Kathryn Bernard, Peter A G Tilley

Author Affiliations

1: Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Microbiology), Calgary site, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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