PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AMONGST GENOTYPICALLY HOMOGENEOUS LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP-1 ISOLATES - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF OUTBREAKS OF LEGIONNAIRES-DISEASE

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HARRISON, TG
SAUNDERS, NA
HATHTHOTUWA, A
HALLAS, G
BIRTLES, RJ
TAYLOR, AG
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[1] PHLS Legionella Reference Unit, Division of Microbiological Reagents and Quality Control, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale
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10.1017/S0950268800059331
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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One hundred and seventy-nine isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, obtained from a site associated with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, were examined by monoclonal antibody subgrouping, restriction fragment length polymorphism typing, restriction endonuclease analysis and plasmid content. Nine distinct phenotypes were detected but at the genotypic level all strains were closely related. The data presented indicate that phenotypic variation of a single parent strain can occur within an environmental site. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the investigation of outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease. © 1990, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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