One person has died of Legionnaires' disease after staying at a prominent Atlanta hotel, officials say
One person has died of Legionnaires' disease after staying at a prominent Atlanta hotel, officials said.
Eleven others who stayed at the Sheraton Atlanta have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, while another 61 probable cases have been identified, according to Nancy Nydam, director of communications at Georgia Department of Public Health."Probable cases" are people who have symptoms of the disease but have not yet had a laboratory test to confirm the disease -- a serious form of noncontagious pneumonia.
Scientists dubbed the illness"Legionnaires' disease" following an outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976, largely among people attending a state convention of the American Legion. In Georgia, 189 cases of Legionnaires' disease were reported in 2018, and 172 cases in 2017.
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