Legionnaires’ — United States
To date, 2 people have died in a legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York; 31 cases of the flu-like disease have been reported since mid-July [2015] in the South Bronx, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said.
Legionnaires’ disease is a respiratory bacterial infection usually spread through mist that comes from a water source, such as cooling towers, air conditioning, or showers. It is not transmitted person to person. Symptoms of the disease include fever, chills,
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