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- Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Legionnaires’ DiseasePublication . Correia, Ana M.; Ferreira, Joana S.; Borges, Vítor; Nunes, Alexandra; Gomes, Bernardo; Capucho, Rui; Gonçalves, Jorge; Antunes, Delfina M.; Almeida, Sónia; Mendes, Ana; Guerreiro, Marta; Sampaio, Daniel A.; Vieira, Luís; Machado, Jorge; Simões, Maria João; Gonçalves, Paulo; Gomes, João PauloLegionnaires’ disease is an often severe form of pneumonia that is typically acquired by susceptible persons (e.g., elderly persons and smokers) through inhalation of aerosols that contain legionella species.1-4 A cluster of cases of this disease occurred in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, in 2014.