TY  - EJOU
AU  - 
T1  - First Report of Legionella Pneumophila Serogroup 1 Isolate from Public-Supply Water in Bangladesh
T2  - The Asia Journal of Applied Microbiology

PY  - 2016
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SN  - 2313-8157

AB  - Legionella pneumophila infection is generally recognized to be 
transmitted from aquatic sources to human. In Bangladesh, although 
suspected cases of legionellosis were reported, epidemiology of 
Legionella infection as well as water resource contamination by 
Legionella spp. was almost unknown. In the current study, we screened 
water samples from Dhaka, Bangladesh, for Legionella spp. One L. 
pneumophila isolate was recovered from tap water of a residential hotel.
 This isolate was identified as serogroup 1 by serum agglutination 
reaction, and sequence type 1 (ST1) by sequence based typing. Analysis 
of lipopolysaccharide synthesis cluster genes by PCR revealed lag-1 gene
 was not detected in this isolate, and its predicted monoclonal antibody
 subgroup was OLDA/Oxford. This is the first report of isolation and 
characterization of L. pneumophila from aquatic environment in 
Bangladesh.
KW  - Legionella pneumophila
KW  - Public-supply water
KW  - Environment
KW  - Cooling-tower
KW  - Public-health
KW  - Bangladesh.
DO  - 10.18488/journal.33/2016.3.2/33.2.26.30