Legionnaires' disease fever experience fever and muscle aches without pneumonia. They generally recover in 2-5 days without treatment. For Pontiac fever, the time between exposure and symptoms is generally a few hours to 2 days. Over 90% of cases of Legionnaires' disease are caused by "Legionella pneumophila." Other types include "L. longbeachae", "L. feeleii", "L. micdadei", and "L. anisa". Legionnaires' disease is usually spread by the breathing in of aerosolized water and/or soil contaminated with the "Legionella" bacteria. Experts have stated that Legionnaires' disease is not transmitted from person to person. In 2014, one case of possible spread from someone sick to
Foreign animal disease Foreign animal disease A Foreign animal disease (FAD) is an animal disease or pest, whether terrestrial or aquatic, not known to exist in the United States or its territories. When these diseases can significantly affect human health or animal production and when there is significant economic cost for disease control and eradication efforts, they are considered a threat to the United States. Another term gaining preference to be used is Transboundary Animal Disease (TAD), which is defined as "those epidemic diseases which are highly contagious or transmissible and have the potential for very rapid spread, irrespective of national borders, causing