| from the centers for disease control and prevention. legionnaires' disease associated with cooling towers--massachusetts, michigan, and rhode island, 1993. | | 1994 | 8040968 |
| legionnaires' disease associated with cooling towers--massachusetts, michigan, and rhode island, 1993. | from july through october 1993, outbreaks of legionnaires' disease (ld) were reported from communities in massachusetts and rhode island and from a state prison in michigan. cooling towers (cts) were identified as the source of all three outbreaks. this report summarizes investigations by state and local health officials and cdc and efforts to control these outbreaks. | 1994 | 8022395 |
| prevalence of antibody to serogroups 1-4 of legionella pneumophila: a seroepidemiologic study using the indirect hemagglutination test. | an indirect hemagglutination test was used to determine the prevalence of antibody to serogroups 1-4 of legionella pneumophila in sera from 1200 apparently healthy michigan residents. serogroup 1 was the most prevalent; 71 (11.8%) of 600 sera collected during the winter months (january-april, 1980) and 131 (21.8%) of 600 sera collected during the summer period (july-september, 1980) had serogroup 1 titers. this seasonal difference was independent of sex and was statistically significant in four ... | 1982 | 6979243 |
| a plague in philadelphia. the story of legionnaires' disease. | | 1992 | 1317875 |
| an outbreak of pontiac fever related to whirlpool use, michigan 1982. | fourteen of 23 female members of a church group experienced an acute self-limited illness characterized by chills, fever, chest pain, cough, and nausea, consistent with the diagnosis of pontiac fever. all 14 affected women had used a whirlpool located in the women's locker room during a racquetball party. legionella pneumophila serogroup 6 was isolated from the women's whirlpool. nine of 14 cases showed a seroconversion to heat-fixed antigen prepared from the l pneumophila serogroup 6 isolate. a ... | 1985 | 3968786 |