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Abstract
Guerrero, I., Genese, C, Hung, MJ, Paul, S, Ragazzoni, H, Brook, J, et
al. "Update: outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a
cruise ship, 1994," Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report,
1994, 43:31 (August 12), 574-5 (Also JAMA. 1994, 272:12 (Sept 28), 915)
Four patients with atypical
pneumonias admitted within a
1-week period to a community hospital were suspected and confirmed to
have Legionnaires' disease. The patients had a common travel history.
This cluster of cases uncovered a larger epidemic associated with
cruise travel.
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