"Legionnaires' Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion.
| Descriptor ID |
D007877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.500.501 C08.730.382.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Legionnaires' Disease- Legionnaires' Disease
- Disease, Legionnaires'
- Legionnaire's Disease
- Legionnaires Disease
- Legionella pneumophila Infections
- Infections, Legionella pneumophila
- Infection, Legionella pneumophila
- Legionella pneumophila Infection
- Legionnaire Disease
- Disease, Legionnaire
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Legionnaires' Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Whole-genome sequence of the human pathogen Legionella pneumophila serogroup 12 strain 570-CO-H. J Bacteriol. 2012 Mar; 194(6):1613-4.
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Cyclic diguanylate signaling proteins control intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila. mBio. 2011 Jan 11; 2(1):e00316-10.
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ArgR-regulated genes are derepressed in the Legionella-containing vacuole. J Bacteriol. 2010 Sep; 192(17):4504-16.
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[Management of the Legionella-link risk in a multicentre area's hospital: lessons learned of a six-year experience]. Pathol Biol (Paris). 2010 Apr; 58(2):131-6.
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Interferons direct an effective innate response to Legionella pneumophila infection. J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 30; 284(44):30058-66.
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Chemical genetics reveals bacterial and host cell functions critical for type IV effector translocation by Legionella pneumophila. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Jul; 5(7):e1000501.
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Legionella pneumonia and use of the Legionella urinary antigen test. J Hosp Med. 2009 Mar; 4(3):E1-2.
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Legionella eukaryotic-like type IV substrates interfere with organelle trafficking. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Aug 01; 4(8):e1000117.
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Virulence conversion of Legionella pneumophila by conjugal transfer of chromosomal DNA. J Bacteriol. 2003 Nov; 185(22):6712-8.
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Identification of Legionella pneumophila genes required for growth within and killing of human macrophages. Infect Immun. 1993 Dec; 61(12):5361-73.