Legionnaires' -- Canada
Local health officials are working diligently to pinpoint the source of an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Orillia.
Eight cases of legionnaires' disease have been confirmed in individuals who reside in or have visited Orillia in recent weeks.
The potentially fatal disease is a type of pneumonia caused by _Legionella_ bacteria. You usually get it by breathing in mist from water that contains the bacteria. According to Dr. Charles Gardner, the medical officer of health for the Simcoe
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6724136&promed&0
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