"Legionella pneumophila" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE. It has been isolated from numerous environmental sites as well as from human lung tissue, respiratory secretions, and blood.
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D016952
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.450.450.500 B03.660.250.460.460.580
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Legionella pneumophila" by people in this website by year, and whether "Legionella pneumophila" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Legionella pneumophila" by people in Profiles.
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Casson CN, Copenhaver AM, Zwack EE, Nguyen HT, Strowig T, Javdan B, Bradley WP, Fung TC, Flavell RA, Brodsky IE, Shin S. Caspase-11 activation in response to bacterial secretion systems that access the host cytosol. PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(6):e1003400.
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Albers U, Tiaden A, Spirig T, Al Alam D, Goyert SM, Gangloff SC, Hilbi H. Expression of Legionella pneumophila paralogous lipid A biosynthesis genes under different growth conditions. Microbiology (Reading). 2007 Nov; 153(Pt 11):3817-3829.