Dozens of people in Harlem, New York, have been impacted by an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Two people have died. Dr. Jon LaPook has more.

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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Harlem has led to 58 reported infections and several deaths. Health authorities traced the source of the outbreak to 11 cooling towers, which have now been cleaned. Legionnaires' disease is a bacterial infection primarily affecting the lungs, with symptoms such as fever, aches, and pneumonia. The disease is not spread from person to person but through inhalation of contaminated water droplets from sources like HVAC systems. Residents in affected areas are advised to monitor for symptoms during the two-week incubation period following the cleanup, as the disease is easily diagnosed and treated with antibiotics if caught early.

What to know about Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem

We turn now to Harlem, New York where dozens of people have been impacted by an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease to help us understand I'm joined now by dr. John the pook. So John remind us exactly what Legionnaire's disease is. It may have slipped from mind Yeah, you know, it's a bacterial infection. It often affects the lungs and the first time I heard about it I was a first-year medical student in September of 1976 and it was two months after this outbreak in the American Legion Convention in Philadelphia hence the name and it was this mysterious disease nobody understood it and a couple hundred people got sick and dozens of people died because it's so important to Diagnosis and treat it early. So it's a bacterial infection. You know, the symptoms are viral sort of the usual Nonspecific things aches and pains fever sore throat. You can get a headache You can have nausea vomiting and diarrhea and then you can get a cough and you can develop pneumonia and that's when it gets Really serious, but those are symptoms that are pretty typical for a lot of things. So, how do you know that that's That is the perfect point for this discussion for people watching because they are not specific And so you have to have a high level of of suspicion and what happened here was in Central Harlem there were 58 people who were infected and a couple of people sadly died and What what they've traced it to is 11 cooling towers You know like these HVAC systems the bacteria get into the water system usually especially in warmer water It could be more stagnant. It could be in the fall, too It can be an HVAC systems It can be in spas and it can be in in various types of of water and what happens is the bacteria get into these droplets that are in the air and then people inhale it and the Incubation period is about 2 to 14 days And then how does it go from person to person because as I read it it's in several area codes or rather zip codes I should say in Harlem. That's not just one neighborhood. It's all over the place How does it move around and fortunately it doesn't spread from person to person. It's that same One source or 11 sources which are infected everybody. Okay, but fortunately it doesn't get spread from person to person So it's through the air you inhale the droplets they get sick 2 to 14 days later But you don't you're not in danger of giving it to somebody else Final question how concerned should we be about it spreading wider beyond maybe one area? All right. Well, the first illnesses were identified in 725 so July 25th and actually as of yesterday August 4th All 11 towers were cleaned up. And so now the clock starts ticking. So assuming that it's all gone There's a 2 to 14 day incubation period meaning if somebody was infected on the morning of the 4th Right before the last one was cleaned up. It could be Incubating for up to two weeks. So in the next two weeks We we have to watch out for infection for people who live in that area especially have a high level of suspicion It's very easy to diagnose if you think about it's a urine test. There's some abnormal Enzymes then that are in your blood. You can have a sputum culture There's all sorts of ways of diagnosing it very easily treated with any one of a number of antibiotics. Okay, we'll keep an eye on it Dr. John, thank you

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