Published Date: 2000-05-25 23:50:00
Subject: PRO> Legionellosis - Australia (Melbourne) (09)
Archive Number: 20000525.0833

LEGIONELLOSIS - AUSTRALIA (MELBOURNE) (09)
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Legionellosis - Australia (Melbourne) 20000328002358
Legionellosis - Australia (Melbourne) (08) 20000514102803
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 18:09:58 +1000
From: Lizz Kopecny <ekopecny@mail.usyd.edu.au>
Source: Press Release, Victoria Dept. of Human Services, 19 May 2000
<http://hnb.ffh.vic.gov.au/>

101 CASES OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE
The number of people confirmed with Legionnaires' Disease from an outbreak
linked to the Melbourne Aquarium is now 101.
The head of Disease Control at the Human Services Department, Professor
William Hart, said 15 people remained in hospital, 3 of them in a critical
condition.
All the confirmed people, including the 2 women who died, are aged from 23
to 89. All contracted their illness between April 11 and 25.
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Lizz Kopecny
Biology Tutor
School of Biological Sciences
University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia
e-mail: ekopecny@mail.usyd.edu.au
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