Territory Stories

Legionella / legionnaires’s disease

Details:

Title

Legionella / legionnaires’s disease,

Creator

Northern Territory. Department of Health. Centre for Disease Control,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT,

Date

2016-05,

Abstract

Legionnaires’ disease (legionellosis) is an infection of the lung (pneumonia) caused by the Legionella bacteria. Exposure to the Legionella bacteria will not necessarily lead to the disease, but the bacteria can cause a type of pneumonia that can be fatal. It can take 2 to 10 days for the symptoms to develop after inhaling the bacteria however symptoms usually appear within 5 to 6 days.,

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Language

English,

Subject

Legionella pneumophila, Information sheet,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Related links

http://docs.prosentient.com.au/prosentientjspui/handle/10137/1230 [Department of Health],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/833381,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/833399