Investigation of a Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak in Yamagata City, Japan, 2019, Using Direct Sequence-Based Typing

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 22;74(5):491-494. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.815. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.
² Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
³ Yamagata City Institute of Public Health, Japan.

PMID: 33642433
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.815

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Keywords: Legionella pneumophila; SBT; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; respiratory specimen; sequence-based typing.

MeSH terms

Aged
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Typing Techniques
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Disease Outbreaks
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Fitness Centers
Flagellin
Genotyping Techniques*
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Legionella pneumophila / classification
Legionella pneumophila / genetics*
Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification*
Legionnaires' Disease / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Porins
Sequence Analysis, DNA*

Substances

Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial
PILE protein, Legionella pneumophila
Porins
Flagellin
flaA protein, bacteria
major outer membrane protein, Legionella pneumophila
Mip protein, Legionella pneumophila
Peptidylprolyl Isomerase

Supplementary concepts

LAMP assay