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Molecular diagnostics and the public health management of legionellosis.
[legionellosis]
In
2009
-
2010
,
we
investigated
four
legionella
cases
notified
over
an
8
-
month
period
in
two
adjacent
villages
in
South
East
England
.
Molecular
techniques
enabled
us
to
conclude
that
three
of
the
cases
had
distinct
infections
.
The
absence
of
an
adequate
respiratory
sample
in
one
case
necessitated
epidemiological
investigations
to
exclude
a
potential
common
environmental
source
of
further
infections
.
One
of
the
cases
had
spent
a
part
of
their
incubation
period
in
a
country
in
South
East
Asia
.
DNA-sequence-based
typing
of
their
isolate
showed
it
to
be
of
the
Legionella
pneumophila
serogroup
1
(
LP
1
)
DNA-sequence
type
(
ST
)
481
.
Intriguingly
,
the
only
other
two
ST
481
isolates
in
the
European
Working
Group
for
Legionella
Infections
database
were
among
Dutch
travellers
to
the
same
country
in
2003
and
2006
.
This
case
makes
clear
the
value
of
molecular
diagnostics
and
the
importance
of
obtaining
adequate
clinical
specimens
.
The
potential
future
uses
for
typing
data
are
discussed
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"absence of an adequate respiratory sample"
symptom
legionellosis
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