Key Important Words
Legionella: a bacteria that causes the Legionellosis disease
Legionellosis: a disease that can be fatal; caused by the bacteria Legionella and can lead to the victim having pneumonia
Pontiac Fever: another name for Legionellosis; causes respiratory infections similar to those of the regular influenza virus
Pneumonia: the inflammation of the lungs
Pathogenic: capable of producing a disease
Bacterium: a large group consisting of single-celled organisms
Epidemic: affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
Pandemic: prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world
Strain: the body of descendants of a common ancestor
Airborne: carried or transported through the air
Contagious: capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object
Acid-Fast: ability to resist staining during a staining procedure
Legionellosis: a disease that can be fatal; caused by the bacteria Legionella and can lead to the victim having pneumonia
Pontiac Fever: another name for Legionellosis; causes respiratory infections similar to those of the regular influenza virus
Pneumonia: the inflammation of the lungs
Pathogenic: capable of producing a disease
Bacterium: a large group consisting of single-celled organisms
Epidemic: affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
Pandemic: prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world
Strain: the body of descendants of a common ancestor
Airborne: carried or transported through the air
Contagious: capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object
Acid-Fast: ability to resist staining during a staining procedure
