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legionelosis
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Also called 'legionella' and 'legionnaire's disease', it is a lung infection caused mainly by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, newly identified in 1977. The name was taken from 58. The American Legion convention, convened in Philadelphia ( USA) in 1976 where an outbreak of pneumonia appeared among the concurrence.

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