Legionnaires’ disease and Legionella, Part One
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#2W1MY)
Legionnaires' disease is caused by the bacterium, Legionella. The bacterium was named after an outbreak in 1976, when many people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion got sick with pneumonia. In the United States, approximately 5,000 cases of Legionnaires' disease are reported annually. However, Legionnaires' disease is likely underdiagnosed and the true ["]
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