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5 dead, 14 hospitalized and hundreds of contaminated: when air conditioning becomes a real danger

Five people died in the Harlem New York district and 14 are hospitalized after contracting the legionellosis, health services announced on Monday, pointing the air conditioning systems.

In total, 108 cases were confirmed in this district, underlined the department of health of the city of New York, specifying that air conditioning cooling towers had been tested positive for this bacteria.

What is legionellosis?

Legionellosis is a serious pulmonary infection, due to the LEGIONELLA bacteria, with a lethal rate of 9 %. Contamination can be done via water or respiratory route, via micro-drops suspended in the air. The disease is not contagious from person to person.

The writing advises you

The Department of Health of the City of New York recalled the owners of buildings to their obligation to ensure the good maintenance of their air conditioning systems in order to prevent the bacteria from proliferating.

The disease takes its name from the first known cases, which had declared itself in 1976 in a hotel in Philadelphia where the Association of Veterans of the American Legion held a conference. Thirty-four people then died.

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