Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – New Zealand: (CA) RFI

PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – New Zealand: (CA) RFI

Legionnaires' -- Worldwide/UnknownAn 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 Read more [...]