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Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever)
Legionella bacteria can cause Legionnaires’ disease or Pontiac fever, collectively known as legionellosis. The bacterium was named after an outbreak in 1976, when many people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion got sick with pneumonia (lung infection). An estimated 8,000 to 18,000 people need care in a hospital due to Legionnaires’