Legionnaire's disease found in Rochester, N.Y., complex
Legionnaire's disease bacteria have been detected in the water at a Rochester, N.Y., apartment complex, and it has led to at least two known causes of the ailment, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle is reporting.
The state Department of Health has told residents of the Seneca Towers
high-rise not to use the water.
The first case at the complex surfaced in May, Monroe County Health Department spokesman John Ricci tells the newspaper.
Another resident became ill several weeks ago, prompting management to test for the bacteria, the news organization reports.
"When you have two cases, you start to wonder whether something is going on in the facility," Ricci said.
Residents told WHEC-TV, also in Rochester, that building management has given them bottled water and they have been instructed not to use the hot water, which can be a medium for the bacteria.
Legionnaire's is caused by a bacteria found in water and soil, and its initial symptoms include muscle aches, fever and chills, WHEC reports.
Recent cases also have cropped up in Kingston, N.Y., reports the Kingston Daily Freeman, and in Batavia, Ill., according to the