1977 FRASER, David William

Legionnaires’ disease. Description of an epidemic of pneumonia.

First major scientific account. With 11 co-authors. Legionnaire's disease acquired its name after an outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" sickened 221 persons, causing 34 deaths. The people affected were atten…

GMN 3215.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4380

1977 SHEPARD, Charles Carter (1914 – 1985); FRASER, David William; MCDADE, Joseph E.; ET AL

Legionnaires’ disease. Isolation of a bacterium and demonstration of its role in other respiratory disease.

Order of authorship in the original publication: McDade, Shepard, Fraser.... See also p. 1218.

GMN 3215.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4382

1979 MCDADE, Joseph E.; BRENNER, Don J.; STEIGERWALT, A. G.

Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Brenner, Steigerwalt, McDade. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

GMN 11256 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13453

1980 ROWBOTHAM, Timothy J.

Preliminary report on the pathogenicity of Legionella pneumophila for freshwater and soil amoebae.

Discovery of the pathogenic relationship between amoebas and Legionella bacteria--a key step in understanding how this bacteria infects mankind. Legionella bacteria, along with amoeba, live in the organic contaminatio…

GMN 11257 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13454