Legionnaires' Disease
"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
- pneumophila Infection, Legionella
- pneumophila Infections, Legionella
- Legionnaire Disease
- Disease, Legionnaire
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