Legionnaires? disease kills Quebec City woman, 14 infected
August 3, 2012 12:01 PM
QUEBEC ? An elderly woman has died from Legionnaires? disease during a Quebec City outbreak that has caused 14 other cases.
Authorities suspect the cause might be the air-conditioning system in a large public building ? although they haven?t identified the building yet.
The regional public-health authority has sent a notice to the owners of all large buildings within a 1.5-kilometre area to clean their cooling towers.
It believes the bacteria that causes Legionnaires? developed in the stagnant water in one of those towers, connected to the air-conditioning system.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/...#ixzz22VbYicsx
August 3, 2012 12:01 PM
QUEBEC ? An elderly woman has died from Legionnaires? disease during a Quebec City outbreak that has caused 14 other cases.
Authorities suspect the cause might be the air-conditioning system in a large public building ? although they haven?t identified the building yet.
The regional public-health authority has sent a notice to the owners of all large buildings within a 1.5-kilometre area to clean their cooling towers.
It believes the bacteria that causes Legionnaires? developed in the stagnant water in one of those towers, connected to the air-conditioning system.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/...#ixzz22VbYicsx
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