Genomic Characterization of a Large Outbreak of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains in Quebec City, 2012

Simon Lévesque; Pier-Luc Plante; Nilmini Mendis; Philippe Cantin; Geneviève Marchand; Hugues Charest; Frédéric Raymond; Caroline Huot; Isabelle Goupil-Sormany; François Desbiens; Sébastien P. Faucher; Jacques Corbeil; Cécile Tremblay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103852

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Genomic Characterization of a Large Outbreak of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains in Quebec City, 2012

Simon Lévesque ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Lévesque, Pier-Luc Plante

* E-mail: simon.levesque@inspq.qc.ca

Affiliation Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec (LSPQ)/Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Canada
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Pier-Luc Plante ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Lévesque, Pier-Luc Plante

Affiliation Université Laval, Department of Molecular Medicine, Québec, Canada
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Nilmini Mendis,

Affiliation Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Québec, Canada
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Philippe Cantin,

Affiliation Centre d'Expertise en Analyse Environnementale du Québec, Québec, Canada
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Geneviève Marchand,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail, Québec, Canada
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Hugues Charest,

Affiliations Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec (LSPQ)/Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie, Immunologie et Infectiologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Frédéric Raymond,

Affiliation Université Laval, Department of Molecular Medicine, Québec, Canada
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Caroline Huot,

Affiliation Direction Régionale de Santé Publique de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada
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Isabelle Goupil-Sormany,

Affiliation Direction Régionale de Santé Publique de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada
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François Desbiens,

Affiliation Direction Régionale de Santé Publique de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada
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Sébastien P. Faucher,

Affiliation Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Québec, Canada
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Jacques Corbeil,

Affiliation Université Laval, Department of Molecular Medicine, Québec, Canada
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Cécile Tremblay

Affiliations Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec (LSPQ)/Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Canada, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Genomic Characterization of a Large Outbreak of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains in Quebec City, 2012

Simon Lévesque,
Pier-Luc Plante,
Nilmini Mendis,
Philippe Cantin,
Geneviève Marchand,
Hugues Charest,
Frédéric Raymond,
Caroline Huot,
Isabelle Goupil-Sormany,
François Desbiens

Published: August 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103852

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