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Hopkins Legionnaires' disease traced to beverage plant

Hopkins Legionnaires' disease traced to beverage plant

Hopkins Legionnaires' disease traced to beverage plantUpdated: 4:21 p.m. | Posted: 12:39 p.m.A beverage processing plant in Hopkins has been identified as the likely source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in that community.Samples from a single cooling tower at Citrus Systems, Inc., contained Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires' disease, public health investigators said Wednesday.The company's products aren't affected.The bacteria exactly matched the strain taken from patients who contracted the respiratory infection, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.


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Source of Hopkins Legionnaires' disease outbreak found

Source of Hopkins Legionnaires' disease outbreak found

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Source of Hopkins Legionnaires' disease outbreak identified – Twin Cities

Source of Hopkins Legionnaires' disease outbreak identified – Twin Cities

State health officials on Wednesday identified the likely source of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Hopkins as a set of cooling towers at Citrus Systems Inc.Minnesota Department of Health investigators found the source after mapping the distribution and exposure patterns of the nearly two dozen cases.Officials also compared test results of water samples taken from the Citrus Systems cooling towers with samples taken from patients linked to the outbreak.One person died and 17 people were sent to the hospital because of the outbreak, which began in early September.There have not been any cases since Sept. 22.