1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak
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title:
1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak
text:
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 diagnosed as being most probably caused by Legionella bacteria.
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First occasion of a cluster of a pneumonia cases later identified as Legionnaires' disease
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Philadelphia_Legionnaires%27_disease_outbreak
date created:
2011-10-08T17:02:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:28:06Z
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