Saturday, 13 May 2017

PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Australia (02): (VI, SA)

Legionnaires' -- Australia
An alarming outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Melbourne and Adelaide has been linked to industrial cooling towers in both of the cities.
A total of 7 people have been hospitalized after contracting the pneumonia, with 4 aged between 45 and 78 years in Victoria [Melbourne] and 4 aged 58 to 77 in South Australia [Adelaide].
The outbreak in Melbourne is suspected to have originated from several cooling towers near a Cranbourne shopping center, southeast of the CBD [central business

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2rdogk8

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