legionnaire's disease

     

Legionellosis is an infectious isease caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Legionella. Over 90% of legionellosis cases are caused by Legionella pneumophila, an ubiquitous aquatic organism that thrives in warm environments (25 to 45 °C with an optimum around 35 °C).

Trivia about legionnaire's disease

  • This disease was identified in 1976 after 200 people became ill with pneumonia at a convention in Philadelphia
  • There had been epidemics of this lung disease before it was first identified in 1976 in Pennsylvania

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