This situation could enhance the risk of exposure of people to waterborne diseases, including legionellosis.
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The main goal of the research plan is to account for some critical aspects concerning identification and prevention of legionellosis.
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The early symptoms of legionellosis include muscle aches, headache, tiredness, loss of appetite and coughing followed by high fever, chills and occasionally diarrhoea.
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These findings indicate that phenotypic variation may interfere with monoclonal antibody typing of legionellae and that waterborne legionellosis can be controlled by physical disinfection.
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Legionellosis is a respiratory infection caused by legionella bacteria.
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But an investigation into three Legionellosis cases in Christchurch earlier this year found nothing had changed, the latest Public Health Surveillance Report said.
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Legionellosis must be kept in mind as the differential diagnosis in the case of severe pneumonia and with lung abscesses in children receiving therapeutic steroids.