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Legionellae

Collection sites, home-pages

• Legionella homepage (Legionella.org)
• Legionella home page of OSHA (Occupational safety and health Administration US Dept. of Labor)
• Legionella at the Wonderful World of Disease, includes data on epidemiology
collection of links on LegionellaHC information resources

Fact sheets, consumer guides, general information

• Legionella fact sheet from Nat. Inst. Environmental Health Science
• Legionnaires' disease: frequently asked questions HC Information Resources
• Legionnaires' disease: discovery, incidence, diagnosisHC Information Resources
• Legionellosis at CDC
• Legionella can be a killer (Family Medicine)

Lectures

• clinical symptoms of pneumonia (N. Chamberlain)
Legionella in Microbook by WC Winn

Scientific papers

• First report of Legionella species in human disease (PDF file) (ASM)
• Sustained transmisstion of nosocomial Legionnaires disease (MMWR)

Scientific links

• Legionella general bacteriology at Middlebury Uni
• Legionellaceae Taxonomy at MicroBioNet
• Legionella taxonomy at DDBJ
• Genetic and functional studies of the Mip protein of Legionella (Inf. Dis. Res. Summary)

The content of this page is copyright of the Virtual Museum of Bacteria and was written by Dr. T. M. Wassenaar (curator), with support of the Foundation for Bacteriology (Dr. M.J. Blaser, President). If you have suggestions for links to add to this page, please contact us at curator@bacteriamuseum.org

Last modified: 24 Feb 2004

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