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 The outbreak in Quincy, which is about 240 miles southwest of
Chicago, follows recent outbreaks of the respiratory illness that
killed a dozen people in New York City and has sickened inmates at a
California prison.
Adams County, Illinois, health officials have confirmed that the
more than two dozen cases all are connected to the Quincy veterans'
home, the newspaper said. The names of the dead and sickened have
not been released.
In New York, an outbreak traced to the historic Opera House Hotel
killed 12 people and sickened 128 before it was declared over in
August.
In August, the California corrections department was working to
determine the origin of a Legionnaires' outbreak at San Quentin
State Prison that had sickened at least five inmates and left dozens
more under observation.
Legionnaires' is a severe form of pneumonia caused by inhaling mist
infected with the bacteria Legionella. Symptoms include fever,
cough, chills and muscle aches.
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(Reporting by David Bailey in Minneapolis; Editing by Muralikumar
Anantharaman)
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