?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F26337%2F&rft.title=Sequence-based+typing+to+identify+novel+Polymorphisms+among+Legionella+Pneumophila+isolates+in+Western+Pennsylvania&rft.creator=Bixler%2C+Brooke&rft.description=Legionella+pneumophila+is+a+gram-negative+bacterium+that+can+cause+two+types+of+human+illness%2C+Legionnaires%E2%80%99+disease+and+Pontiac+fever.+The+goal+of+this+study+was+to+determine+the+sequence+types+(STs)+for+several+L.+pneumophila+isolates+collected+in+western+Pennsylvania+and+compare+them+to+STs+from+other+geographic+areas.+Investigating+ST+of+L.+pneumophila+can+help+to+establish+control+measures+and+determine+sources+of+outbreaks%2C+both+of+which+are+of+great+public+health+significance.+Environmental+and+patient+samples+were+collected+in+Pittsburgh+and+Erie%2C+Pennsylvania+from+October+2013+through+December+2014.+Sequence-based+typing+(SBT)+was+conducted+to+determine+the+sequence+type+of+L.+pneumophila+present+in+the+samples.+Out+of+the+nine+STs+that+were+identified+in+western+Pennsylvania%2C+five+were+novel.+The+known+STs+found+in+this+study+were+ST+8%2C+986%2C+154%2C+and+1941.+When+compared+to+similar+SBT+studies+done+in+Portugal%2C+Canada%2C+England%2C+and+Spain%2C+the+results+of+the+Pittsburgh+study+proved+to+be+unique+due+to+the+identification+of+the+five+novel+STs.+The+known+STs+found+in+the+study+were+also+not+commonly+found+in+investigations+in+other+geographic+areas.+Overall%2C+the+results+from+the+Pittsburgh+investigation+indicate+environmental+and+patient+isolates+from+western+Pennsylvania+have+a+unique+ST+compared+to+other+isolates+of+L.+pneumophila+from+around+the+world.&rft.date=2016-01-27&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F26337%2F1%2FBixler-ETD_12_2015Final.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bixler%2C+Brooke++(2016)+Sequence-based+typing+to+identify+novel+Polymorphisms+among+Legionella+Pneumophila+isolates+in+Western+Pennsylvania.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++