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Are legionella bacteria and giardia connected?
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Completely different: Legionella can live within waterborne amoeba-like organisms, although not aware that it will live within giardia. Giardia lamblia is a flagellated amoeba-like organism that lives in fresh water as well. Both of these can produce human disease, but the diseases are very different and unrelated.
Answered 10/19/2013
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No: Both are waterborne & can infect humans.
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