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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. ... Legionella bacteria is spread through the air when an ...
Aug. 19—JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced on Monday that three cases of Legionnaires' disease were found last month among people who had ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Legionnaires Disease is an acute type of pneumonia that is caused by the inhalation of aerosolized water containing the Legionella bacteria. [3] Forty-two Legionella species have been classified to date, and these bacteria can grow in areas where there is warm water, such as cooling towers. [4] [5] Legionella pneumophila bacteria