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Cozumel Quintana Roo-Legionellosis outbreak authorities serving in Cozumel

Tonka

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http://www.yucatan.com.mx/20110114/...oridades-brote-de-legionelosis-en-cozumel.htm


Spanish to English translation


More notes of Quintana Roo
Published: January 14, 2011 10:02 | Comment 0 | Print | Send |
Legionellosis outbreak authorities serving in Cozumel

Cozumel .- The health authorities of Quintana Roo working with the federal government to address an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, which affected nine tourists in a hotel in Cozumel and even led to an alert from the U.S. government.

The state secretary of Health, Juan Carlos C?rdenas Azueta reported this morning that he works in the cleaning of hydraulic systems Viva Wyndham Hotel, where there were 9 cases.

He said the Legionella is a bacterium that is present in the water and often creates symptoms of pneumonia among people who have lower their antibodies, and their symptoms are not easily detectable because it is confused with flu symptoms, such

He said that as soon as it learned of the outbreak, experts from the Ministry of Health, visited the hotel, to implement the health related measures.

- At this time, remains an absolute duty to provide security to residents and visitors, "he said.

The official said that since last December began sampling in hydraulic systems and are even sent to the laboratories of the Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks in Mexico City

The chemical Azueta said Cardenas is a bacterial disease of environmental origin is not aggressive and that early attention be fought effectively, but if not, could even lead to pneumonia

He said the nine cases reported were treated as tourists concerned and uncomplicated

Azueta C?rdenas began that this is a very common virus, which is just coming to Mexico and that their development may be due to lack of cleaning and water treatment facilities that use different buildings, and there are occasional outbreaks forms related and isolated or sporadic cases.

He said that staff at the State Secretariat of Health recommended to the hotel managers to take corrective measures and implement preventive measures to avoid recurrence of this disease

He also said that it issued a first call attention to the owners of the hotel, and if not improved persistence of the outbreak, and then proceed to the closing of the hotel, all-inclusive category that is in one of the most beautiful Mexican Caribbean beaches and beautiful has 402 rooms, some to the whole family, and 72 are in an adults-only section.
 
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Source: Terra, Feb 8 2011: http://noticias.terra.com/noticias/...ora_polaca_que_llegaron_en_crucero/act2693686

Mueren en México turista de EEUU y trabajadora polaca que llegaron en crucero
8 de Febrero de 2011 • 15:11


Cancún (México), 8 feb (EFE)

Las autoridades de Quintana Roo, en el Caribe mexicano, investigan la muerte de dos mujeres, una turista estadounidense y una trabajadora de un crucero polaca, que llegaron a la isla de Cozumel en el barco "Allure of The Seas", dijo hoy el fiscal del estado de Quintana Roo, Francisco Alor.

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Por otro lado la mujer polaca, Mónica Markiewicz, falleció anoche en el hospital general de Cancún por lesiones causadas por la pieza metálica de unos cinco centímetros que se tragó, confirmó el procurador.

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Re: Cozumel Quintana Roo-Legionellosis outbreak authorities serving in Cozumel

Beginning to look alot more like the Tampa - Milwaukee flight incident and these reports are connected.
 
Re: Cozumel Quintana Roo-Legionellosis outbreak authorities serving in Cozumel

While Legionella is certainly high on the list of possible agents for the quarantined flight, the article that is post #2 reveals in the full article that the deaths mentioned in that article are the result of a drowning and an act of violence, not Legionella or any other infectious disease.

The Legionella alert in post #1 is three weeks old (but if they didn't find and clean out the source, cases could still be ongoing).
 
Re: Cozumel Quintana Roo-Legionellosis outbreak authorities serving in Cozumel

A bit old, this was the only thing I could find in that area. Seems many of the patients had been on the ship? Could explain why they were hit with symptoms at the same time...

"McLamore was a part of a group returning from a Carnival Cruise to Cozumel. His 44-year-old friend was one of the sickest on the plane. The man started getting sick after a trip to the beach saturday in Cozumel."
 
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