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Legionnaires' disease facts and history outlined
The article explains Legionnaires' disease is not person to person transmitted and notes fatality rates from 5 to 30 percent in outbreaks, rising toward 50 percent in hospitals with delayed treatment. It recalls the first identified cases in July 1976 at a Philadelphia American Legion convention with 221 cases and 34 deaths. Senior Writer Jeff Tucker can be contacted via the report.
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