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2 Citations Legionellosis, also known as Legionnaires' disease, is caused by a type of bacterium called Legionella . In 1976 many people who attended a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia, USA suffered from an outbreak of this disease, a type of pneumonia. Legionellosis is a disease of significant medical and public interest. The bacterium Legionella is found in aquatic habitats where it can survive and multiply in various protozoa. The bacterium is transmissible to humans and pathogenic, technorati.com
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Hong Kong: Legionnaires' disease tests on spa pool water are positive (1/12/2009) 1 Citation A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health said today (January 12) that further laboratory tests on water samples taken from a spa pool in a private club house in Discovery Bay confirmed positive growth for Legionella, a type of bacteria that caused legionnaires disease. CHP's investigations revealed that a 38-year-old man had developed symptoms of legionnaires disease after using the spa pool in the club house last month. He is now under treatment in a pr, technorati.com
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Hong Kong: CHP investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (1/8/2009) 1 Citation The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (January 8) investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) involving a 51-year-old male tourist. The man developed fever, headache, cough and shortness of breath on December 31, 2008, while travelling on the Mainland. He arrived in Hong Kong on January 4 and was admitted to a private hospital on Hong Kong Island on January 6. The laboratory investigation confirmed Legionnaires' Disease today.He is currently in the ho, technorati.com
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Hong Kong: CHP investigating case of Legionnaires' Disease (1/2/2009) 1 Citation The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (January 2) investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) involving a 38-year-old tourist. The man developed fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and cough on December 27.He was admitted to private hospitals for treatment on December 31 and is now in critical condition.CHP's investigations revealed that during the incubation period, he had stayed in a relative's home on Lantau Island, and had also travelle, technorati.com
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1 Citation Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 2, 15 January 2009Rapid communicationsLegionnaires? disease in a neonatal unit of a private hospital, Cyprus, December 2008: preliminary outbreak reportUnit for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases 1 1. Medical and Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Nicosia, CyprusCitation style for this article: Unit for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases. Legionnaires? disease in a neonatal unit of a private hospital, Cyprus, December 200, technorati.com
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Hong Kong: CHP investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (2/5/2009) 1 Citation The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (February 5) investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) involving a 59-year-old woman. The woman, living in Tuen Mun, developed fever, cough and shortness of breath on February 1. She was admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital on February 4 and is now in critical condition. The CHP's investigations revealed that she had travelled to the Mainland during the incubation period. Her family member did not have any LD sym, technorati.com
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1 Citation the experts in disinfections Legionella pneumophila Viruses Bacteria disinfection legionella pneumophila disinfections Viruses Bacteria legionellosis the legionnaires problem, delicious.com
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Hong Kong: CHP investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (4/17/2009) 1 Citation The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (April 17) investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease involving a 78-year-old man. The patient, living in Wong Tai Sin, developed fever, cough and shortness of breath since April 6. He was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital on April 8. He is now in serious condition. The CHP's investigation showed that the patient had no history of travelling before the onset of symptoms. His family members are asymptomatic. T, technorati.com
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Hong Kong: CHP investigating a case of Legionnaires' Disease (3/18/2009) 1 Citation The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (March 18) confirmed a case of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) involving a 40-year-old man. The man, living in Yuen Long, developed fever, cough and shortness of breath on March 1 . He was admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital on the same day and was transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital for further treatment on March 16. He is now in serious condition. The CHP's investigations revealed that he had no recent travel history., technorati.com
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1 Citation The Ontario Public Health Laboratory (OPHL) conducted a 3 decade laboratory-based epidemiological review of legionellosis in Ontario. 1,401 cases of legionellosis tested positive from 1978 to 2006. This study found late summer to early autumn seasonality in disease occurrence with disease risk increasing with age and in males. In contrast to other studies, a decreasing trend in cases in the recent decade (IRR 0.93, 95% CI 0.91 to 0.95, P-value = 0.001) was found; only 66% of culture-confirmed isolates were found to be L. pneumophila serogroup 1 (LP1)., delicious.com
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