Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

New Endemic Legionella pneumophila Serogroup I Clones, Ontario, Canada

Nathalie Tijet, Patrick Tang, Mya Romilowych, Carla Duncan, Victoria Ng, David N. Fisman, Frances Jamieson, Donald E. Low, and Cyril Guyard

Author affiliations: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (N. Tijet, P. Tang, M. Romilowych, C. Duncan, D.N. Fisman, F. Jamieson, D.E. Low, C. Guyard); Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (V. Ng, D.N. Fisman); Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (V. Ng); University of Toronto, Toronto (F. Jamieson, D.E. Low, C. Guyard); Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (F. Jamieson, D.E. Low, C. Guyard)

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Phylogenetic analysis of flaA, pilE, asd, mip, mompS, proA, and neuA concatenated sequences from the 62 Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 sequence types (STs) identified in Ontario. The tree was constructed with ClustalW2 (www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/clustalw2/index.html) and the neighbor-joining method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Scale bar indicates genetic distances between sequences. STs in boldface were detected in outbreaks.

Figure 1. Phylogenetic analysis of flaA, pilE, asd, mip, mompS, proA, and neuA concatenated sequences from the 62 Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 sequence types (STs) identified in Ontario. The tree was constructed with ClustalW2 (www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/clustalw2/index.html) and the neighbor-joining method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Scale bar indicates genetic distances between sequences. STs in boldface were detected in outbreaks.

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