NYC identifies source of deadly Legionnaires’ disease

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City health officials have identified a Bronx hotel as the source of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease.
Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said Thursday that tests matched the strain of Legionnaires’-causing bacteria in a rooftop air-conditioning unit at the Opera House Hotel with a strain found in 25 patients. Some of them died.
The South Bronx outbreak began last month. Twelve patients have died, and more than 100 others were sickened.
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