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Hillsborough investigates Legionnaire's disease outbreak
By HOWARD ALTMAN | The Tampa Tribune
Published: October 17, 2011
Updated: October 17, 2011 - 6:27 PM
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PLANT CITY --
Six weeks ago, Gene Swanson and his wife Betty left their northern Michigan resort town of Cadillac for a new life at the Country Meadows mobile home park in Plant City.
Swanson, 76, spent his life as a tool-and-die maker, running his own shop for the last 14 years, said his son, Jeff Swanson. An avid skeet shooter and golfer, Swanson came to Florida to retire.
The retirement didn?t last long. Swanson contracted Legionnaires? Disease and died Saturday, according to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner?s Office. Two other people at the mobile home contracted the disease as well, say county health officials, who are now scrambling to figure out how the residents contracted the bacterial disease and whether anyone else may have it.
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By HOWARD ALTMAN | The Tampa Tribune
Published: October 17, 2011
Updated: October 17, 2011 - 6:27 PM
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PLANT CITY --
Six weeks ago, Gene Swanson and his wife Betty left their northern Michigan resort town of Cadillac for a new life at the Country Meadows mobile home park in Plant City.
Swanson, 76, spent his life as a tool-and-die maker, running his own shop for the last 14 years, said his son, Jeff Swanson. An avid skeet shooter and golfer, Swanson came to Florida to retire.
The retirement didn?t last long. Swanson contracted Legionnaires? Disease and died Saturday, according to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner?s Office. Two other people at the mobile home contracted the disease as well, say county health officials, who are now scrambling to figure out how the residents contracted the bacterial disease and whether anyone else may have it.
More...
http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-n...lth-officials-investigating-possib-ar-272508/