Legionnaires’ — United States
Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially severe form of pneumonia caused by a type of bacterium called Legionella, according to the CDC.
2 more people have caught Legionnaires’ disease, but New York City officials said Wed, 26 Aug 2015, the infections are unrelated to this summer’s outbreak in the South Bronx that killed 12 and sickened 116 others.
Nor are the latest cases connected to each other, said Ishanee Parikh, a spokeswoman for [New York City] Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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