Legionnaires’ — Portugal
A Portuguese team reported in the New England Journal of Medicine today [1] on a likely case of human-to-human transmission of _Legionella pneumophila_, which causes Legionnaires’ disease. This finding has not previously been reported.
The case happened in 2014. The researchers detail the case of a 48-year-old man who worked at a cooling tower complex in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Samples from the tower later tested positive for _L. pneumophila_.
The man first had respiratory
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