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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 .
A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in a New Hampshire town that has sickened five people has been traced to contaminated water from a cooling tower. 5 people with Legionnaires' disease exposed ...
Three people are dead after a Legionnaire's disease outbreak at a New York assisted living facility, officials announced Thursday. ... known as Legionnaires disease or Pontiac fever. Legionella ...
Officials are investigating the source of the outbreak at an assisted living facility for seniors in Albany Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak at Assisted Living Facility in New York Leaves 3 Dead ...
On 3 September, the Argentine Ministry of Health confirmed that the outbreak was caused by the bacterial infection legionella pneumophila, which can cause legionnaires' disease. [6] [7] Influenza, COVID-19, Coxiella, 12 respiratory viruses, hantavirus, histoplasma, Yersinia pestis, and leptospirosis were ruled out through laboratory testing. [3]
Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to U.S. cruise ship hot tubs, according to reports.. Private outdoor hot tubs on the balconies of two cruise ships were pinpointed as ...
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 cases were recorded by the time the last case was treated on 22 July; 636–696 of these cases were estimated and 449 confirmed (so, at least 16,000 people were exposed to the ...
Aug. 12—A Lincoln cooling tower may be to blame for five people developing Legionnaire's disease in June and July, and the public may still be at risk, state health officials said Monday.