Environmental Legionella spp. collected in urban test sites of South East Queensland, Australia, are virulent to human macrophages in vitro

Lawrence, A; Eglezos, S; Huston, W

Environmental Legionella spp. collected in urban test sites of South East Queensland, Australia, are virulent to human macrophages in vitro

Lawrence, A Eglezos, S Huston, W

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Citation:: Research in Microbiology, 2016, 167 (2), pp. 149 - 153
Issue Date:: 2016-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lawrence, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eglezos, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Huston, W https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0879-1287	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:09:33Z
dc.date.issued	2016-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Research in Microbiology, 2016, 167 (2), pp. 149 - 153	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0923-2508	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/40223
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Institut Pasteur. Legionellae are frequent contaminants of potable water supplies, resulting in sporadic infections and occasional outbreaks. Isolates of Legionella were collected from urban test sites within South East Queensland and evaluated for their virulence potential in vitro. Two strains (from the species Legionella londiniensis and Legionella quinlivanii) were demonstrated to have the ability to infect human macrophages, while a strain from the species Legionella anisa did not maintain an infection over the same time course. This suggests that the spectrum of urban environmentally associated Legionella with potential to cause human disease might be greater than currently considered.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Research in Microbiology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.resmic.2015.10.007	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cells, Cultured	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Macrophages	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Legionella	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Environmental Microbiology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cities	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Virulence	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Queensland	en_US
dc.title	Environmental Legionella spp. collected in urban test sites of South East Queensland, Australia, are virulent to human macrophages in vitro	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	167	en_US
utslib.for	1108 Medical Microbiology	en_US
utslib.for	0605 Microbiology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	167	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 Institut Pasteur. Legionellae are frequent contaminants of potable water supplies, resulting in sporadic infections and occasional outbreaks. Isolates of Legionella were collected from urban test sites within South East Queensland and evaluated for their virulence potential in vitro. Two strains (from the species Legionella londiniensis and Legionella quinlivanii) were demonstrated to have the ability to infect human macrophages, while a strain from the species Legionella anisa did not maintain an infection over the same time course. This suggests that the spectrum of urban environmentally associated Legionella with potential to cause human disease might be greater than currently considered.

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