TYLER, Texas (AP) – Authorities have linked a hot tub display at a state fair in Tyler in September as the likely source of contamination which led to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that’s killed one person and made seven others sick.
Tyler officials closed the convention center where the fair was held.
The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports officials plan to remediate the convention center’s plumbing system.
This is the second outbreak linked to a state fair in the U.S. this year.
Officials in North Carolina said four people have died and nearly 100 were hospitalized after contamination also linked to a hot tub display at a September state fair.
Legionnaire’s is a flu-like illness contracted when infected water vapor is inhaled. The elderly and people with weakened immune systems can be particularly susceptible.
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