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legionnaires' disease

noun

Pathology.
  1. a type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle aches.


legionnaire's disease

noun

  1. a serious, sometimes fatal, infection, caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which has symptoms similar to those of pneumonia: believed to be spread by inhalation of contaminated water vapour from showers and air-conditioning plants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of legionnaires' disease1

So called from its first reported occurrence, at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of legionnaires' disease1

C20: after the outbreak at a meeting of the American Legion at Philadelphia in 1976
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But bacteria which causes the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease was found during tests on the heating system days before the new health centre was due to open.

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His time investigating a wide range of outbreaks, from hantavirus to Legionnaires’ disease, provided him with extensive hands-on training and allowed him to work with “great mentors” who solidified his future in public health.

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An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease sickened 90 people and killed 12.

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In earlier, related research that was published in January, the same scientists found that a different enzyme from a different illness-causing bacteria, Legionella pneumophila -- which causes a type of pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease -- actively breaks apart the same molecule during infection.

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Two patients treated at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, and they may have gotten infected while they were being treated, according to UW Medicine.

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