Population analysis of legionella pneumophila reveals a basis for resistance to complement-mediated killing

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  • who: Bryan A. Wee from the School University of have published the paper: Population analysis of Legionella pneumophila reveals a basis for resistance to complement-mediated killing, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • what: The steady global increase in L pneumophila infections is worrisome and studies that explore the evolutionary basis of increased pathogenicity can provide insights into the nature of the public health threat posed.
  • how: To further investigate the role of the clinically-associated gene lag-1 the authors examined its diversity and distribution across the 902 L pneumophila genomes . . .

     

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