Legionnaires’ — Worldwide/Unknown
An industrial area of Christchurch [New Zealand] is at the centre of an outbreak of the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease.
6 adults (4 women and 2 men) have been hospitalised since the beginning of April 2015 after contracting the airborne disease. The cases were linked to a cooling tower in the Hillsborough area, which tested positive for the _Legionella pneumophila_ serogroup 1 bacterium on 8 Apr [2015]. Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said the tower was treated
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