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(11) Bellevue Building nowadays
It also appears that the intake of water with
Legionella
does not bring
risks to the digestive system,
Legionella
only attacks the respiratory system.
In the case of Philadelphia, presence of
Legionella
was identified in hot
and cold water systems and in the water cooling system, which was located
in the cooling tower (on the roof of the building), where there could be
proliferation of the water particles.
In hot and cold water, the proliferation could have taken place in the
showers, but the authorities at the time related that several infected victims
were not staying at the hotel; in other words, they did not use the showers.
With this, the location of the proliferation that could have reached everyone
was indeed the cooling tower. Water particles could also reach the people
who were in the surroundings of the hotel and not only staying at it, which
in fact actually happened.
(10) location of the cooling towers
