High Prevalence, Genetic Diversity and Intracellular Growth Ability of Legionella in Hot Spring Environments

Tian Qin; Gebin Yan; Hongyu Ren; Haijian Zhou; Huanxin Wang; Ying Xu; Mingqiang Zhao; Hong Guan; Machao Li; Zhujun Shao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059018

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High Prevalence, Genetic Diversity and Intracellular Growth Ability of Legionella in Hot Spring Environments

Tian Qin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Qin, Gebin Yan, Hongyu Ren

* E-mail: qintian@icdc.cn (TQ); shaozhujun@icdc.cn (ZS)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Gebin Yan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Qin, Gebin Yan, Hongyu Ren

Affiliation Changping District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Hongyu Ren ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Qin, Gebin Yan, Hongyu Ren

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Haijian Zhou,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Huanxin Wang,

Affiliation Changping District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Ying Xu,

Affiliation Changping District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Mingqiang Zhao,

Affiliation Changping District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Hong Guan,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Machao Li,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Zhujun Shao

* E-mail: qintian@icdc.cn (TQ); shaozhujun@icdc.cn (ZS)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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High Prevalence, Genetic Diversity and Intracellular Growth Ability of Legionella in Hot Spring Environments

Tian Qin,
Gebin Yan,
Hongyu Ren,
Haijian Zhou,
Huanxin Wang,
Ying Xu,
Mingqiang Zhao,
Hong Guan,
Machao Li,
Zhujun Shao

Published: March 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059018

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