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The 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak, occurring in the late summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States at an annual American Legion convention, was the first occasion in which a cluster of a particular type of pneumonia cases were determined to be caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Previous outbreaks were retroactively ...
1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak: Air conditioning: 221: 34: 15.4%: This was the first recognized outbreak of legionellosis, although earlier cases of legionellosis were later discovered to have occurred as far back as 1947. The Philadelphia outbreak, however, had the highest death rate. [7] [8] [9] 1978: Memphis, Tennessee ...
1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic; 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak; 1990–1991 Philadelphia measles outbreak; C.
Pages in category "1976 disease outbreaks" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak
The legionella bacteria responsible for the disease lives and multiplies in water areas like hot tubs, air conditioners, mist sprayers in grocery store produce departments, and water systems.
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 ...
High levels of Legionella bacteria were found in a cooling tower at Embassy Suites Napa Valley, though none of the patients had visited the hotel. Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Napa County ...
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 ...