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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (04): (AZ) neonatal, underwater birthing

Legionnaires' -- United StatesGranseth G, Bhattarai R, Sylvester T, Prasai S, Livar E.Legionnaires' disease is a severe, sometimes fatal disease characterized by fever, myalgia, cough, and clinical or radiographic pneumonia, caused by inhaling or aspirating small droplets of water containing Legionella bacteria.* In 2015, approximately 6000 cases of Legionnaires' disease were reported in the United States (1). Nearly 10 percent of cases are fatal (2). The number of reported cases of Legionnaires' Read more [...]