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  2. Legionnaires' disease - Wikipedia

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    Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of Legionella bacteria, [3] quite often Legionella pneumophila. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath , high fever , muscle pains , and headaches. [ 2 ]

  3. What is Legionnaires' disease? - AOL

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    The symptoms of the disease usually show up within two to 10 days of bacteria inhalation, and include headache, muscle pain, chills, and a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

  4. Legionella - Wikipedia

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    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]

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

  6. 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.

  7. 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 .

  8. Infectious disease on cruise ships - Wikipedia

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    Infectious disease on cruise ships is a hazard associated with cruises. Outbreaks of contagious diseases can spread quickly due to the confined cruise ship environment, reliance on shared spaces, the lack of healthcare facilities, [ 1 ] and the large number of passengers and crew members from disparate points of origin.

  9. 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak - Wikipedia

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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 ...