Legionnaires’ — United States
To date, 10 people have died from legionnaires’ disease in an outbreak traced to 5 air conditioning systems, New York City health officials said [Thu 6 Aug 2015]. More than 100 people have been diagnosed with the infection, caused by bacteria breathed in with contaminated water droplets. All the affected buildings are in New York’s Bronx borough.
The city’s health department ordered that all buildings with cooling towers be tested within the next 2 weeks. Any that are contaminated must be
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