Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that hit Portugal in November 2014 was the third largest worldwide and was declared a “great public health emergency”. Nonetheless, the Portuguese outbreak, despite killing 12 people and infecting 375 others did not promote extensive media coverage, nor did it make...
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| Language: | English |
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Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp)
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| Series: | Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832017005003102&lng=en&tlng=en |