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Legionnaires' disease  

Definition

  • Infection with the micro-organism, legionellae. The first outbreak was in 1976 at a meeting of the American Legion in Philadelphia, though retrospective cases going back to 1947 have now been identified. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Legionnaires' Disease]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TJDSWZXX-L

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