Legionella
Category: Other
Updated: 8 Nov 2018
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Created bySavannah Elise
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Pontiac fever outbreakPeople gathered for the bicentennial event in PhiladelphiaGuests were attending the American Legion conventionSeveral attendees began feeling illHealth department workers became illNobody died and the mysery illness disappearedThe mystery disease infected 221 people34 died from the illnessIdentified as Legionnella, or Legionnaires' diseaseLegionella outbreak in France86 infected, 18 deadSergei Popov confessed to trying to create Legionella into a biological weapon for the SovietImportant court case R v Trustees of the Science MuseumInsufficient record-keeping for cleanliness monitoring for Legionella
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