The air conditioning in question? Five people who died after contracting legionellosis in New York

Five people died in the Harlem New York district and 14 are hospitalized after contracting legionellosis, health services, pointing out air conditioning systems on Monday, August 19.

In total, 108 cases were confirmed in this district, said the New York City Health Department, specifying that the air conditioning cooling towers had been positive for this bacterium.

Legionellosis is a severe pulmonary infection, due to legionella bacteria, with a 9%lethal rate.

A call for the right air conditioning interview

Contamination can be done by water or respiratory route, through micro-greets suspended in the air. The disease is not contagious from person to person.

The New York City Health Department reminded buildings of buildings to their obligation to guarantee the good maintenance of their air conditioning systems to prevent proliferating bacteria.

The disease takes its name from the first known cases, which had been declared in 1976 in a hotel in Philadelphia, where the Association of Veterans of the American Legion held a conference. Thirty -four people died.