Which of the following is not correct concerning Legionnaires' disease?

a. cases have been traced to the fallout from the Mount Saint Helen's Volcano
b. symptoms include cough, diarrhea, and abdominal pain
c. L. pneumophila lives in close associations with free-living Amoebas
d. the disease is communicable from person-to-person
e. it is more common in males over 50 years of age


d. the disease is communicable from person-to-person

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