Legionella species, serogroups and subgroups found in the environment in Singapore.
Over a period of seven months, 87 samples of water collected from 48 air-conditioning cooling-towers on 15 sites in Singapore yielded 19 strains of Legionella. Legionellas were found in 7 of the 15 sites. The strains isolated fell into 7 species, serogroups or subgroups of the genus Legionella. Only 11% of them belonged to the more pathogenic Pontiac subgroup of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1.
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Microbiology Department, National University of Singapore.
Goh
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Lim
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D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012703:Serotyping; D012846:Singapore; D014871:Water Microbiology