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NEW YORK – The New York City Department of Health is investigating a deadly outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease<\/strong> in the South Bronx, CBS New York reports.\u00a0Legionnaire’s disease<\/a> is a pneumonia caused by the bacterium Legionella rmeumophila<\/strong>. The organism, which normally dwells in pond water, was given its popular name after being identified as the cause of an outbreak of a mysterious, highly virulent pulmonary infection among 200 people attending a 1976 American Legion convention in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by a bacterium known as legionella. Common symptoms include high fever, chills, body pain<\/a>, cough, hemoptysis, breathlessness, chest pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion and other mental illnesses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This disease may rarely cause infections in wounds and in other parts of the body including the heart. Old age; a history of smoking; the presence of chronic disorders like lung disease, diabetes, kidney disease or cancer; a weakened immune system<\/a>; and having a job related to air conditioning systems-maintenance, are risk factors for this condition.<\/p>\n

Liver fluke and guinea worm diseases feature among water based diseases. Controlling snail populations, filtering the water using a fine mesh cloth, so as to remove larvae, cyclops or snails will help prevent these diseases, apart from disinfecting contaminated water.<\/em><\/p>\n

Water related diseases refer to those spread by vector organisms. Malaria, filaria and dengue fever are prominent among these. These can be prevented by destroying breeding sites of insects. Also, you should try and decrease the need to visit these sites, and use mosquito nets while sleeping at night.<\/p>\n

Diagnostic Studies And Procedures<\/p>\n

If Legionnaire’s diseas<\/strong>e is suspected, a chest X-ray will be taken; it may reveal fluid in one or both lungs and perhaps lung abscesses. Laboratory cultures of sputum must be done to identify the organisms that are causing the disorder. To collect the tissue samples and secretions for these studies, bronchoscopy may be used<\/strong>. This procedure involves passing a long, flexible viewing tube through the mouth and windpipe and into the bronchial tubes, thus enabling the doctor to study the interior of the airways as well as to collect tissue and fluid samples. Blood tests may detect antibodies<\/a> to the bacterium.<\/p>\n