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  • noun An infectious disease caused by Legionella bacteria, taking one of two distinct forms: Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever.

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Examples

  • Grady also moved patients out of sections of the 11th and 12th floors where the infected patients had stayed before returning to the hospital with pneumonia-like symptoms identified as legionellosis, Simpson said.

    Metro News | ajc.com 2009

  • The Playboy mansion -- or certain dank corners of it -- are under investigation by the Los Angeles Health Department after 170 guests and staffers have reportedly been diagnosed with legionellosis.

    Lindsay Lohan won't appear on Letterman; police remove gun from Frankie Muniz's home Liz Kelly 2011

  • UPDATE: The LA Times reports on a possible cause of the mysterious outbreak at the Playboy mansion: The possible outbreak of legionellosis, or Pontiac fever,...

    UPDATE: Possible Cause Of Playboy Mansion Mystery Illness Identified AP 2011

  • UPDATE: The LA Times reports on a possible cause of the mysterious outbreak at the Playboy mansion: The possible outbreak of legionellosis, or Pontiac fever, affected people connected with the DOMAINfest Global Conference, "with symptoms mostly consisting of fever, chills, general discomfort malaise and some cough," according to a statement by the county Department of Public Health.

    Playboy Mansion Illness: Possible Cause Identified By Health Department The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • UPDATE: The LA Times reports on a possible cause of the mysterious outbreak at the Playboy mansion: The possible outbreak of legionellosis, or Pontiac fever, affected people connected with the DOMAINfest Global Conference, "with symptoms mostly consisting of fever, chills, general discomfort malaise and some cough," according to a statement by the county Department of Public Health.

    UPDATE: Possible Cause Of Playboy Mansion Mystery Illness Identified AP 2011

  • UPDATE: The LA Times reports on a possible cause of the mysterious outbreak at the Playboy mansion: The possible outbreak of legionellosis, or Pontiac fever, affected people connected with the DOMAINfest Global Conference, "with symptoms mostly consisting of fever, chills, general discomfort malaise and some cough," according to a statement by the county Department of Public Health.

    UPDATE: Possible Cause Of Playboy Mansion Mystery Illness Identified AP 2011

  • UPDATE: The LA Times reports on a possible cause of the mysterious outbreak at the Playboy mansion: The possible outbreak of legionellosis, or Pontiac fever,...

    UPDATE: Possible Cause Of Playboy Mansion Mystery Illness Identified AP 2011

  • I cause severe pneumonia and sometimes legionellosis.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Emma Lurie 2006

  • I cause severe pneumonia and sometimes legionellosis.

    Legionella longbeachae Emma Lurie 2006

  • Times has learned that "their symptoms stemmed from legionellosis, or Pontiac fever." reports:

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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