"Legionnaires' Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion.
Descriptor ID |
D007877
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MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.500.501 C08.730.382.380
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Concept/Terms |
Legionnaires' Disease- Legionnaires' Disease
- Disease, Legionnaires'
- Legionnaire's Disease
- Legionnaires Disease
- Legionella pneumophila Infections
- Infections, Legionella pneumophila
- Infection, Legionella pneumophila
- Legionella pneumophila Infection
- Legionnaire Disease
- Disease, Legionnaire
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2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
2018 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Legionnaires' Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Letter to the editor: importance of a careful investigation to avoid attributing Legionnaires' disease cases to an incorrect source of infection. Euro Surveill. 2020 08; 25(34).
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Authors' response: importance of a careful investigation to avoid attributing Legionnaires' disease cases to an incorrect source of infection. Euro Surveill. 2020 08; 25(34).
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Modeling of the Transmission of Coronaviruses, Measles Virus, Influenza Virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Legionella pneumophila in Dental Clinics. J Dent Res. 2020 09; 99(10):1192-1198.
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Legionella pneumonia: increased risk after COVID-19 lockdown? Italy, May to June 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020 07; 25(30).
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SARS-CoV-2 and Legionella co-infection in a person returning from a Nile cruise. J Travel Med. 2020 05 18; 27(3).
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Airborne route and bad use of ventilation systems as non-negligible factors in SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Aug; 141:109781.
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Slowly or Nonresolving Legionnaires' Disease: Case Series and Literature Review. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 04 15; 70(9):1933-1940.
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PCR-based routine diagnostics uncover hidden burden of Legionnaires' disease. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 07; 19(7):681-683.
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Evaluation of the prevalence of Legionella pneumophila in Iranian clinical samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Microb Pathog. 2019 Apr; 129:93-98.
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Urinary antigen testing in community-acquired pneumonia in adults: an update. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2019 02; 17(2):107-115.