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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Genome Sequencing Links Persistent Outbreak of Legionellosis in Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) to an Emerging Clone of Legionella pneumophila Sequence Type 211.

Verlaine J Timms, Rebecca Rockett, Nathan L Bachmann, Elena Martinez, Qinning Wang, Sharon C-A Chen, Neisha Jeoffreys, Peter J Howard, Anna Smith, Sheena Adamson and 3 more

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Verlaine J TimmsCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Verlaine.timms@health.nsw.gov.au.
Rebecca RockettCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Nathan L BachmannCentenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Elena MartinezCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Qinning WangCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sharon C-A ChenCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Neisha JeoffreysCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Peter J HowardCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Anna SmithForensic and Analytical Science Services, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sheena AdamsonHealth Protection, NSW Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Robin GilmourHealth Protection, NSW Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Vicky SheppeardHealth Protection, NSW Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Vitali SintchenkoCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The city of Sydney, Australia, experienced a persistent outbreak of

Indexed as

Disease OutbreaksPolymorphism, Single NucleotideHumansLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaires' DiseaseMultilocus Sequence TypingNew South WalesPhylogenybacterial genomicsLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaires' diseasemolecular epidemiologyprevention and controlwhole-genome sequencing

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PMID29247056
PMCPMC5812946

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