International journal of medical microbiology : IJMMHumansJapanLegionnaires' DiseaseDisease OutbreaksLegionella pneumophila
A large outbreak investigation of Legionnaires' disease associated with a public bath facility in Hiroshima, Japan, using PFGE, SBT, MLVA, and whole-genome sequencing.
Takahiro Hiratsuka, Noriko Nakanishi, Hiroko Akita, Kanako Masuda, Shoko Komatsu, Ryohei Nomoto, Junko Amemura-Maekawa
Published: 202510.1016/j.ijmm.2025.151680
Abstract
In 2017, a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, involving 58 patients, occurred in a public bath facility in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. We analyzed 94 Legionella pneumophila strains isolated from patients and the public bath facility using mole…
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