Veterans disease outbreak in New York City, at least 46 injuries, health officials have already found at least two buildings on the bacteria and the refrigeration unit.
Veterans who suffer from the disease in two patients died during an outbreak of disease, but officials said the patients, a man and a woman in the 50s confirmed that the two, and other conditions, including heart and lung issues...
Or harmful to people with compromised immune systems or basic health conditions that can even be fatal pneumonia that leads to a type of bacterial infection caused by a bacterium called. A person with air conditioning and cooling units for large plumbing systems, bacteria and contaminated with water or inhales small droplets in the air from the hot water, pool and showers may also spread to the agreement.
Marie said Dr. Basset, Commissioner of the Ministry of Health in New York City commercial building cooling towers at a hospital in the Bronx, and the bacteria that causes the disease has been found.
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He was lying in the street and it's possible those infected by passers- begin as mist cooling towers, units will not be hitting the inside of the building that was emphasized.
"It thrives in the water and in the summer we have the best climate," Basit said. "We are looking at how to best maintain the cooling tower of the eye".
Investigators reported the case of a very large area of ??expansion is still searching for other sources of infection.
"We quickly identified the source of the disease and to prevent future situations are investigating. Bassett and I urge anyone with symptoms to seek treatment immediately before said in the statement."
Veterans of the disease symptoms, cough, breathing, fever, and muscle pain or headaches include diminution.
Dr. William Schaffner, Vanderbilt University infectious disease specialist in Medicine 31 veterans a large outbreak of disease transmission structure and that health officials are probably the same people in the neighborhood you will find are a common source. '
"They do not worship it, where, where they travel ... are clustered geographically, then?" Health officials will ask patients questions such Schaffner. "You can search for you and could be contaminated cooling towers may find that you can see that by localizing geography."
Worrying though a large outbreak, Schaffner disease is treated with antibiotics and the person can not spread, because people should not panic.
It is bacteria in the United States about 8,000 to 18,000 people are hospitalized each year increases in 1976, a conference of the Association of American soldiers wounded a large number of people, he Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to the US Centers for Disease was named and it is more commonly are reported in the summer and early fall.