{"id":319985,"date":"2023-02-14T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=319985"},"modified":"2023-02-14T08:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T16:31:37","slug":"suspected-sdsu-case-of-legionnaires-disease-being-investigated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/suspected-sdsu-case-of-legionnaires-disease-being-investigated\/","title":{"rendered":"SDSU case of Legionnaires\u2019 disease being investigated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Officials at San Diego State University closed the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Exercise and Nutritional Sciences building <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">on Monday as part of an investigation into a case of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Legionnaires\u2019 disease.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">University officials did not state whether the case involves a faculty member, staff or student.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On Feb. 13, Environmental Health &amp; Safety alerted the SDSU community of a single case of <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Legionella <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">pneumonia in the community. Officials reported the campus community member is not on campus now and is recovering.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Symptoms of the disease include cough, fever, shortness of breath, muscle aches and headaches. The disease is oftentimes carried in water systems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The disease gained notoriety in 1976 during a Legionnaires conference at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Twenty-nine attendees died and some 180 were sickened by the disease.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">To be cautious as possible, school officials elected to close the ENS facility so they could conduct testing. As such, all students, staff, faculty and those visiting the campus are prohibited from entering the building until testing has been finished and the building is deemed safe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For students who take classes in the building, they were told to reach out to instructors regarding questions on courses and whether those specific classes would be cancelled or taught online during the week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">More information is on the Health Advisories website, <a href=\"http:\/\/sacd.sdsu.edu\/student-health-services\/legionella\">sacd.sdsu.edu\/student-health-services\/legionella<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Photo credit: Karen Austin<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials at San Diego State University closed the Exercise and Nutritional Sciences building on Monday as part of an investigation into a case of Legionnaires\u2019 disease. 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