2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks

Disease outbreaks in New York City, United States February 2025 2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks Lincoln Hospital 149 Park rain jeh.jpg 287px Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, one of five buildings where the second outbreak was spread 2 months (first outbreak) 1.5 monthsWilliams Jaime http://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2015/35/35-legionnaires-2015-08-28-bx.html The fat lady sings • Bronx Times Bxtimes.com 2015-08-28 2015-11-02 2015-09-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203209/http://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2015/35/35-legionnaires-2015-08-28-bx.html dead (second outbreak) 2014 12 (first outbreak)2015 07 (second outbreak) The Bronx, New York City: first outbreak: Co-op City cooling towers second outbreak: five buildings including Lincoln Hospital and Concourse Plaza Cooling Towers under investigation Affected buildings were ordered to be decontaminated within 14 days, under the threat of misdemeanor charges 10 Over 100 In 2015, there were two outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx, New York City, United States. Between January and August 2015, one hundred and thirty people in New York City were infected with Legionnaires', but the majority of them were in the Bronx.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/nyregion/new-york-officials-move-to-regulate-towers-tied-to-legionnaires-disease-outbreak.html A Belated Look at New York's Cooling Towers, Prime Suspect in Legionnaires' Outbreak The New York Times 4 August 2015 5 August 2015 Legionnaires' disease is an acute type of pneumonia that is caused by the inhalation of aerosolized water containing the Legionella bacteria.10.1186/1752-1947-8-31 24467827 3917411 Legionnaires' disease after using an industrial pressure test pump: A case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 8 31 2014 Euser Sjoerd M Boogmans Bas Brandsema Petra Wouters Mieke Den Boer Jeroen W free Forty-two Legionella species have been classified to date, and these bacteria can grow in areas where there is warm water, such as cooling towers.10.1086/341087 12089674 Distribution of Legionella Species and Serogroups Isolated by Culture in Patients with Sporadic Community‐Acquired Legionellosis: An International Collaborative Survey The Journal of Infectious Diseases 186 1 127–8 2002 Yu Victor L. Plouffe Joseph F. Pastoris Maddalena Castellani Stout Janet E. Schousboe Mona Widmer Andreas Summersgill James File Thomas Heath Christopher M. Paterson David L. Chereshsky Annette Legionnaires' Disease http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/diseases/cdlegi.shtml The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene The City of New York 22 October 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151007070021/http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/diseases/cdlegi.shtml 7 October 2015 thumbnail|Legionella pneumophila bacteria January 2015 In January 2015, Legionnaires' disease sickened 8 people near Co-op City's cooling towers in the northeast Bronx. Twelve people were diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease between December 2014 and the end of the outbreak in January 2015.http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/co-op-city-towers-contaminated-legionnaires-disease-article-1.2076175/ Co-op City towers contaminated with Legionnaire's Disease bacteria New York Daily News 13 January 2015 5 August 2015 Ben Kochman August 2015 August 2015 In an unrelated July and August 2015 outbreak, the disease affected at least 120 people and caused at least twelve deaths in the South Bronx area.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/legionnaires-disease-continues-to-spread-in-south-bronx_55c3cba7e4b0d9b743db8ad1 Legionnaires' Disease Continues To Spread In South Bronx Associated Press Huffington Post 6 August 2015 7 August 2015 The cause of the outbreak was traced back to the Opera House Hotel on July 10, 2015, and was declared as over as of August 20. Following the Morrisania outbreak, city officials stated that they would be pursuing new regulations for cooling towers.Fractenberg Ben Small Eddie July 30, 2015 http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150730/civic-center/legionnaires-disease-bacteria-found-ac-of-bronx-hospital-mayor-says/ Legionnaires' Disease Bacteria Found in A/C on Bronx Hospital, Mayor says DNAinfo New York dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150801133024/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150730/civic-center/legionnaires-disease-bacteria-found-ac-of-bronx-hospital-mayor-says 2015-08-01https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/01/health/new-york-legionnaires-disease/ There have been 65 cases since mid-July - CNN.com David Shortell 2 August 2015 CNNhttp://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/08/8573205/city-confirms-71-cases-legionnaires-disease City confirms 71 cases of Legionnaire's Disease capitalnewyork.com Affected buildings were also ordered to be decontaminated within 14 days, under the threat of misdemeanor charges. September 2015 On September 21, 2015, 13 more cases of Legionnaires' disease were identified and were said to be unrelated to the outbreaks from previous months. 35 cooling towers were inspected and 15 of these tested positive for the Legionella bacteria. After the cases surfaced, city officials put legislative programs into effect that require building owners to perform quarterly inspections and to verify that the cooling towers have been tested and are free of the Legionnella bacteria.Mueller Benjamin One Dead in New Bronx Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/nyregion/one-dead-in-new-bronx-outbreak-of-legionnaires-disease.html 26 October 2015 The New York Times The New York Times 1 October 2015 References Category:Legionellosis Category:2010s in the Bronx Category:2015 in New York City Category:Co-op City, Bronx Category:Morrisania, Bronx Category:2015 disasters in the United States Category:2015 disease outbreaks Category:Disease outbreaks in New York (state) Category:Disasters in New York City Category:Infectious disease deaths in New York (state)