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9 January 2012 Last updated at 17:12 ET
Five contract Weil's disease in River Itchen
Five people contracted a potentially fatal disease from a river in Hampshire.
Two of the five were hospitalised with Weil's disease - a bacteria also called Leptospirosis and spread by infected animal urine - after canoeing on the River Itchen in Southampton.
Student Doug Clifton, 19, said: "I just thought I had a bad headache but 48 hours later I was in an ambulance."
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said only one of these cases was confirmed.
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Five contract Weil's disease in River Itchen
Five people contracted a potentially fatal disease from a river in Hampshire.
Two of the five were hospitalised with Weil's disease - a bacteria also called Leptospirosis and spread by infected animal urine - after canoeing on the River Itchen in Southampton.
Student Doug Clifton, 19, said: "I just thought I had a bad headache but 48 hours later I was in an ambulance."
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said only one of these cases was confirmed.
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