Disease or Syndrome
Pontiac fever
Pon·ti·ac fe·ver
Definitions related to pontiac fever:
  • A self-limited, febrile illness without pneumonia that occurs in epidemics, and that is caused by Legionella species.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Pontiac fever (PF) is a mild form of legionellosis manifesting with flu-like symptoms such as nausea, myalgia, fever, cough and headache but without pneumonia.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
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