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Year City Venue Source Cases Deaths Fatality rate Notes 1973,1977: Benidorm, Spain: Hotel Rio Park: Shower pipes: at least 4: 4: unknown: The first outbreak in Hotel Rio Park occurred in 1973, four tourists died, but at the time it was not recognized as Legionnaires' disease until a subsequent outbreak in the same hotel in 1977.
The disease was finally produced in guinea pigs. The CDC announced the discovery at a press conference on January 18, 1977. [11] [12] [4] [13] The bacterium was later named Legionella pneumophila. [14] Legionella pneumophila is the most common cause, but sometimes other species of Legionella bacteria also cause Legionnaires' disease.
On 18 January 1977, the causative agent was identified as a previously unknown strain of bacteria, subsequently named Legionella, and the species that caused the outbreak was named Legionella pneumophila.
The bacterium was subsequently named Legionella pneumophila. The Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile, designed to carry multiple nuclear warheads, was successful in its first test. Sent up from a launching pad in Cape Canaveral in Florida , rather than from a submarine, the unarmed missile traveled almost 4,600 miles (7,400 km) to a ...
Legionella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria that can be seen using a silver stain or grown in a special media that contains cysteine, an amino acid.It is known to cause legionellosis [3] (all illnesses caused by Legionella) including a pneumonia-type illness called Legionnaires' disease and a mild flu-like illness called Pontiac fever. [3]
Legionella jordanis strain BL-540 was first isolated from water samples taken at the Jordan River in Bloomington, Indiana by Cherry et al. in 1978. [8] Another strain characterized as ABB-9 was discovered in 1980 from sewage collected in DeKalb County, Georgia.
Based on physical characteristics, phylogenetic analysis, and membrane fatty-acid composition, the organism was found to represent a unique lineage within the Legionella bacteria. The specific strain for Legionella clemsonensis is D5610. [5] It was named in honor of the research group of students from the Clemson’s Creative Inquiry. [1]
Type strain ATCC 35303, CCUG 29667, CIP 103843, DSM 17644, GIFU 11748, JCM 7564, NCTC 11977, SE-32A-C8 [ 2 ] Legionella erythra is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from cooling-tower water in Seattle .