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1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak

The 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak, occurring in the late summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at an annual American Legion convention, was the first occasion in which a cluster of a particular type of pneumonia cases were determined to be caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Previous outbreaks were retroactively diagnosed as being most probably caused by Legionella bacteria.

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• ▸1557 influenza pandemic
• ▸Bimaran casket
• ▸2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines

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