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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul;20(7):1242-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid2007.131343.

Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroups 5 and 10, China

Qi Zhang, Haijian Zhou, Rong Chen, Tian Qin, Hongyu Ren, Bin Liu, Xinliang Ding, Dan Sha, Weijie Zhou
Case Reports

Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroups 5 and 10, China

Qi Zhang et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: China; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires’ disease; bacteria; co-infection; pneumonia; serogroup 10; serogroup 5.

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