178 Infected With Legionnaires’ Disease
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From Times Wire Reports
An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in southeastern Spain has infected 178 people, a regional health official said.
An additional 292 people have been hospitalized with pneumonia-like symptoms that indicate they may have Legionnaires’, said Francisco Marques, the Murcia region’s top health official.
Sanitation crews using chlorine disinfected four air-conditioning systems found to be lodging bacteria that cause the disease.
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