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2 unusual facts about Legionnaires' disease


1989 French Grand Prix

Éric Bernard replaced Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse after it was discovered that Dalmas was still suffering the effects of Legionnaires' disease.

David Sencer

That year, Legionnaires' disease, then unidentified, killed 29 attendees of a Philadelphia American Legion conference.


1965 in Israel

31 May - Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four.

1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak

The 1976 Legionnaires Disease outbreak also known as Legion Fever, refers to the first known cases of infection by Legionella pneumophila in the United States.

Alpers' disease

Alpers' disease is caused by an underlying mitochondrial metabolic defect of POLG,.

Alpers' disease is caused by certain genetic mutations in the POLG gene.

Earthwar

As the Khunds approach Legion Headquarters, the only ones remaining to defend the complex are the four Legionnaires who were forced to retire upon marriage: Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel.

Element Lad

The reincarnated Garth is able to use both the Element Lad and Lightning Lad powers in his new crystalline body, but his relationship with other Legionnaires (including former love Saturn Girl) is strained due to his outward resemblance to the Progenitor.

Faith and the Muse

The band's name was inspired by Faith & Disease, upon formation of the band William Coulter adopted the pseudonym William Faith to correlate with the band name.

Hélie de Saint Marc

During that time; legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion acquired their parade song "Non, je ne regrette rien", a 1960 Edith Piaf song that NCOs, Corporals and Legionnaires song while leaving their barracks for re-deployment following the Algiers putsch of 1961.

Induction cut

In the French Foreign Legion this form of haircut, used by all recruits and many légionnaires, is termed "boule à zéro" (zero ball).

Legionella

A team of French scientists reviewed the details of an epidemic of Legionnaires' disease that took place in Pas-de-Calais, northern France, in 2003–2004.

Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom

One leader of the pogrom, Valerian Trifa, became a cleric and emigrated to the United States but was stripped of his United States citizenship in 1982 and left the United States rather than be deported.

Medical students' disease

:I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch—hay fever, I fancy it was.

Minna Sora no Shita

This is Ayaka's final single release for the foreseeable future before she focuses on her marriage with Hiro Mizushima and her Graves' disease health conditions.

Pontiac fever

After the 1976 Legionnaires' outbreak in Philadelphia, the Michigan health department reexamined blood samples and discovered the workers had been infected with the newly identified Legionella pneumophila.

Princeton Reunions

Classes celebrating a major reunion (multiples of five—-5th, 10th, and so on) often wear themed costumes, which have ranged from Dutch boys and Roman legionnaires to firefighters and Uncle Sam look-alikes.

Ptolemaic dynasty

Familial Graves' disease could explain the swollen necks and eye prominence (exophthalmos), although this is unlikely to occur in the presence of morbid obesity.

Riggs' disease

Mark Twain wrote briefly about Riggs' disease in his short essay, Happy Memories of the Dental Chair, in which he claims to have been examined by Dr. Riggs himself.

Rob Oakeshott

In May 2012, Oakeshott revealed that he suffers from Graves' disease.

Robert James Graves

Robert James Graves, M.D., F.R.C.S. (27 March 1796 – 20 March 1853) was an eminent Irish surgeon after whom Graves' disease takes its name.

Sachs' Disease

La maladie de Sachs (English: Sachs' Disease) is a 1999 French film directed by Michel Deville from a novel by Martin Winckler.

Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

This was not the first such incident as bacteria causing Legionnaires has been discovered in the water system of the complex after a number of officials reported in ill.


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