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Legionnaire outbreak in Hampton neighborhood
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 25. 2018 1:11PM
HAMPTON - There's an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Hampton with four inflicted with the potentially serious bacterial pneumonia, state health officials announced Saturday.
All of these cases of the Legionella pneumonia live in the area of Ashworth Avenue between Island Path and H Street, officials said.
The outbreaks emerged in late July and early August and state officials are actively seeking the source of the infections which usually comes from inhaling aerosol droplets of water contaminated with the bacteria, officials said.
These sources can include showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers, misters and decorative fountains, officials said. Drinking or swimming in water does not spread the disease...
Legionnaire outbreak in Hampton neighborhood
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 25. 2018 1:11PM
HAMPTON - There's an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Hampton with four inflicted with the potentially serious bacterial pneumonia, state health officials announced Saturday.
All of these cases of the Legionella pneumonia live in the area of Ashworth Avenue between Island Path and H Street, officials said.
The outbreaks emerged in late July and early August and state officials are actively seeking the source of the infections which usually comes from inhaling aerosol droplets of water contaminated with the bacteria, officials said.
These sources can include showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers, misters and decorative fountains, officials said. Drinking or swimming in water does not spread the disease...
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