The Middlesex London Health Unit said on Friday that there have been 22 reported cases of Legionnaire's disease with six currently hospitalized.
This 2009 colorized 8000X electron micrograph image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria.
Since then, the health unit said on Friday that there have been 22 reported cases with six currently hospitalized. “Middlesex-London Health Unit is working closely with Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Ontario Labs to identify the source of the outbreak so that it can be remediated,” the health unit continued.
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