Legionnaire's Disease: Difference between revisions

From MicrobeWiki, the student-edited microbiology resource
Line 14: Line 14:
| Genus = [[Legionella]] <br>
| Genus = [[Legionella]] <br>
| Species = [[Legionella pneumophila]] <br>
| Species = [[Legionella pneumophila]] <br>
| '''NCBI: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1370127&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock Taxonomy] Genome: <font size="2">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=legionella+pneumophila Genome]</font>''' |


===Description===
===Description===

Revision as of 13:28, 23 July 2014

This is a curated page. Report corrections to Microbewiki.
University of Oklahoma Study Abroad Microbiology in Arezzo, Italy[1]
Scanning electron microscope image of Legionella pneumophila. From: MicrobLog [2]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria
| Phylum = Proteobacteria
| Class = Gammaproteobacteria
| Order = Legionellales
| Family = Legionellaceae
| Genus = Legionella
| Species = Legionella pneumophila
| NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: Genome |

Description

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious Dose, Incubation, and Colonization

Epidemiology

Virulence Factors

Clinical Features

Symptoms

Morbidity/Mortality

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Risk Avoidance

Immunization

Host Immune Response

References

Created by MaKenzi Burke, student of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.