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Descriptor English: Legionella
Descriptor Spanish: Legionella
Descriptor Legionella
Scope note: Bacilos aerobios, gramnegativos, aislados de aguas superficiales, lodos, lagos o corrientes de agua con contaminación térmica. Son patógenos para el hombre. Legionella pneumophila es el agente causal de la ENFERMEDAD DE LOS LEGIONARIOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Legionella
Descriptor French: Legionella
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.450.450
B03.660.250.460.460
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007875
Scope note: Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water or thermally polluted lakes or streams. Member are pathogenic for man. Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent for LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.
Annotation: infection = LEGIONELLOSIS but Legionella pneumophila infection = LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Bacteria (1978-1980)
Legionnaires' Disease (1978-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
DeCS ID: 22538
Unique ID: D007875
NLM Classification: QW 131
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/05/14
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Legionella - Preferred
Concept UI M0012291
Scope note Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water or thermally polluted lakes or streams. Member are pathogenic for man. Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent for LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.
Preferred term Legionella



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