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  2. The first major outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was in 1985 at Staffordshire Hospital, where over 100 patients fell ill with pneumonia-like symptoms, 28 of which died.

  3. Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to cruise ship hot tubs ...

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    Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to cruise ship hot tubs, according to CDC reports. Infectious disease experts discuss symptoms and prevention. ... Although human ...

  4. 5 people with Legionnaires' disease exposed through cooling ...

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    Legionnaires' disease is caused by inhaling water droplets contaminated with the Legionella bacteria. The bacteria can grow in water droplets from showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers ...

  5. List of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks; Legionnaire's is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by gram negative, aerobic bacteria belonging to the genus Legionella. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first reported outbreak was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1976 during a Legionnaires Convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel .

  6. Legionnaires' disease - Wikipedia

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    This was the second-deadliest outbreak since the 1976 outbreak and possibly the deadliest, as several people were buried before Legionnaires' disease had been diagnosed. [52] The world's largest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease happened in July 2001, with people appearing at the hospital on 7 July, in Murcia, Spain. More than 800 suspected ...

  7. Pontiac fever - Wikipedia

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    [12] [13] An outbreak caused by Legionella micdadei in early 1988 in the UK became known as Lochgoilhead fever. [14] Since that time, other species of Legionella that cause Pontiac fever have been identified, most notably in New Zealand, in 2007 where Legionella longbeachae was discovered. The New Zealand outbreak also marked the first time ...

  8. Legionnaire's disease outbreak: Two more cases identified in ...

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  9. Legionella pneumophila - Wikipedia

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    Legionella pneumophila, the primary causative agent for Legionnaire's disease, is an aerobic, pleomorphic, flagellated, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative bacterium. [1] [2] L. pneumophila is a intracellular parasite that preferentially infects soil amoebae and freshwater protozoa for replication.