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Legionella
Created by
Savannah Elise
⟶ Updated 8 Nov 2018 ⟶
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Pontiac fever outbreak
People gathered for the bicentennial event in Philadelphia
Guests were attending the American Legion convention
Several attendees began feeling ill
Health department workers became ill
Nobody died and the mysery illness disappeared
The mystery disease infected 221 people
34 died from the illness
Identified as Legionnella, or Legionnaires' disease
Legionella outbreak in France
86 infected, 18 dead
Sergei Popov confessed to trying to create Legionella into a biological weapon for the Soviet
Important court case R v Trustees of the Science Museum
Insufficient record-keeping for cleanliness monitoring for Legionella
