Fact Sheet: Legionnaires’ Disease, August 26, 2015

(2015) Fact Sheet: Legionnaires’ Disease, August 26, 2015. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)

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Abstract

Legionellosis is an infection caused by the bacteria Legionella pneumophila. The infection has two distinct forms: Legionnaires' disease, the more severe form of infection, which includes pneumonia, and Pontiac fever, a milder flu-like illness. See the Pontiac fever fact sheet for more information.

Item Type: Departmental Report
Keywords: Legionnaires’ disease, Public Health
Subjects: Health and medicine > Public health > Environmental health
Health and medicine > Public health
Health and medicine
ID Code: 32182
Deposited By: Margaret Barr
Deposited On: 05 May 2020 16:14
Last Modified: 05 May 2020 16:14
URI: https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/32182