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English

1. Legionnaires' disease

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 由退伍軍人桿菌引起嘅傳染病，通常透過吸入受污染嘅水霧傳播，例如冷氣冷卻塔或者大廈水缸有桿菌繁殖；病徵包括發燒、咳嗽、呼吸困難、疲倦、頭痛、肌肉痛，亦可能會有肚痛同肚痾；潛伏期係2-10日

Examples

• 之前病房有病人惹到退伍軍人症，然後花灑水驗到隻退伍軍人桿菌，要成個供水系統消毒。

  There was a case of Legionnaire's disease in the ward, and then the shower water tested positive for Legionella, so the whole water supply system needed to be sterilised.