Forensic Files

Legionnaires' Disease (1x7)

Date de diffusion: Nov 07, 1996

Legionnaires' disease is one of the most famous medical detective stories, especially irritating for its missteps and frustrations. When 180 Legionnaires contract pneumonia-like symptoms after a Philadelphia Convention and 29 of them die, doctors and scientists are mystified. The determination of one scientist helps to pinpoint the cause and likely vector of this deadly disease.