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	\| title =New York City Legionnaires' disease outbreak
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	\| label2 = Cases contracted in New York CITY
	\| data2 = 108<small> ({{As of \|2015\|8\|11\|lc=y}})</small><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/nyc-mayor-legionnaires-outbreak-claimed-12-lives-32994688\|title=NYC Mayor: Legionnaires' Outbreak Has Claimed 12 Lives\|work=ABC News\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
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	\| data3 = 12 <small>({{As of \|2015\|08\|11\|lc=y}})</small><Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/nyregion/new-york-officials-move-to-regulate-towers-tied-to-legionnaires-disease-outbreak.html?referrer=\|title=A Belated Look at New York’s Cooling Towers, Prime Suspect in Legionnaires’ Outbreak\|work=The New York Times\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
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	The '''New York City Legionnaires' disease outbreak''' refers to the first known cases of infection by '']'' in ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/01/health/new-york-legionnaires-disease/\|title=Seven dead in Legionnaires' outbreak in New York\|work=CNN News\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
	Since the ], that gave ] its name, water-cooling towers have been identified as the primary breeding medium of the bacteria. The legionella bacteria were discovered on July 31, 2015 at the ] in the Bronx.<Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33856450\|title=Legionnaires' outbreak widens to 12 dead in New York\|work=BBC News\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
	The outbreak began on July 10, 2015 in the ], the poorest area of the ] of New York City. The disease outbreak was confirmed by the New York City health officials and ], the New York Mayor.<Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11792502/Legionnaires-disease-outbreak-in-New-York-affects-record-108-people.html\|title=Legionnaires disease outbreak in New York affects record 108 people\|work=News Telegraph\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
	The 2015 outbreak is the largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the history of ].<Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/nyregion/death-toll-from-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-in-bronx-rises-to-12.html?referrer=\|title=Hotel That Enlivened the Bronx Is Now a ‘Hot Spot’ for Legionnaires’\|work=New York Times\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>

	==Epidemiology==
	On July 10, 2015, New York City confirmed its first cases of Legionnaires' disease. On August 3, 2015 the New York health officials reported that over 80 people were diagnosed of the bacteria infection. Out of the 64 people hospitalized, 28 people were treated and discharged.<Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/03/new-york-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-claims-seven-dead-officials-say\|title=New York legionnaires' disease outbreak leaves seven dead \|work=The Guardian News\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
	On August 4, 2015, seven people were reported dead from the deadly disease. On August 8, 2015 about 57 buildings with cooling towers were disinfected and 42 other buildings were inspected and disinfected on August 9, 2015 as a measure to curtail the deadly bacteria.<Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Legionnaires-Disease-New-York-City-Bronx-Cooling-Tower-Test-Symptom-Death-Cases-321257921.html\|title=Death Toll in Legionnaires' Outbreak Rises to 12 \|work=NBC New York\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>
	On August 10, 2015, twelve people were reported dead from the outbreak with over 94 people admitted in the hospital.
	By August 11, 2015, over 100 people had been diagnosed with the disease.<Ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/legionnaires-disease-outbreak-new-york-city-claims-12-lives-114-people-affected-2047729\|title=Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak In New York City Claims 12 Lives\|work=Ibtimes\|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref>

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