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Genomic Investigation of a Legionellosis Outbreak in a Persistently Colonized Hotel

Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Silvia Guiral, Sebastián Crespi, Víctor Moya, María Luisa Camaró, María Piedad Olmos, Francisco Adrián, Vicente Morera, Francisco González-Morán, Hermelinda Vanaclocha,

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2016 · 42 citations · 41 references

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Both epidemiological and molecular data are essential in the investigation of legionellosis outbreaks. Whole-genome sequencing data revealed significant intra-ST variability and allowed to make further inference on the short-term evolution of a local colonization of L. pneumophila.

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