MN officials confirm 23 Legionnaires' disease cases/ 1 death in Hopkins

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Source: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/09/minnesota-legionnaires-disease-cases


MN officials confirm 5 Legionnaires' disease cases in Hopkins
Health
MPR News Staff ? Sep 9, 2016

State health officials have confirmed five cases of Legionnaires' disease in people who live or work in Hopkins and are investigating the source of the outbreak.

Of those who became ill between Aug. 4 and Sept. 1, three are currently hospitalized, and two others were hospitalized and have recovered, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday. The patients are all over the age of 50...

 

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Source: http://www.startribune.com/three-new-cases-reported-in-hopkins-legionnaires-outbreak/394008521/

Three new cases reported in Hopkins Legionnaires' outbreak
Total is now 12, biggest Minnesota outbreak in two decades.
By Glenn Howatt Star Tribune
September 19, 2016 ? 2:56pm

Three new cases of Legionnaires? disease have been identified by state health officials, bringing the total number of cases in the so-called Hopkins outbreak to 12. All the cases have appeared in people who live or work in Hopkins, but the source of the infections remains a mystery.

Investigators believe the three new cases originated around the same time as the previous nine infections. Because the incubation period for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires? can last up to ten days, it can take some time before symptoms develop, meaning that more cases are possible...

 

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Source: http://kstp.com/article/stories/s4270023.shtml

1 Dies in Hopkins Legionnaires? Disease Outbreak, 14 Cases Overall
September 21, 2016 05:11 PM

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) says that one person who had a confirmed case of Legionnaires? disease tied to the Hopkins area has died.

MDH has confirmed 14 cases of the disease associated to Hopkins.

All of the people with confirmed cases lived, worked or were exposed in the Hopkins area...

 

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Source: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/27/legionnaires-disease-cluster-hopkins-grows-20-cases


Legionnaires' disease cluster in Hopkins increases to 20 cases
Health
Lorna Benson ? Sep 27, 2016

A Legionnaires' disease cluster in Hopkins continues to grow and is now approaching an outbreak record for the state set two decades ago.

Public health investigators confirmed three more cases of the respiratory infection Tuesday, bringing the Hopkins outbreak total to 20.

One person has died in the outbreak. Sixteen people have been or are currently hospitalized. Most of the illnesses have been among men, which is consistent with other Legionnaire's outbreaks...

 

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Source: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/10/12/hopkins-legionnaires-outbreak-source-identified


Hopkins Legionnaires' disease traced to beverage plant
Health
Lorna Benson ? Oct 12, 2016

Updated: 2:34 p.m. | Posted: 12:39 p.m.

A beverage processing plant in Hopkins has been identified as the likely source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in that community.

Samples from a single cooling tower at Citrus Systems, Inc. contained Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires' disease, public health investigators said Wednesday.

The bacteria exactly matched the strain taken from patients who contracted the respiratory infection, according to the Minnesota Department of Health said...

... Twenty-three people were sickened in the outbreak. One person died. All of them lived or worked in Hopkins, or visited the city during the 10 days before they became ill.

The outbreak is considered over, though the Health Department says there's still a remote chance that more cases of illness could emerge. The Hopkins cases nearly broke a Legionnaires' outbreak record for the state set two decades ago...