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Legionnaires' Disease

Witness History: Archive 2013 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In August 1976 more than 200 people developed a mystery illness at a convention of veterans' association the American Legion in Philadelphia. 34 of them died. We speak to the doctor who led the Centre for Disease Control's response to the outbreak.Photo: Rachel Rogers.

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