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Mystery pneumonia outbreak in Argentina linked to Legionnaires’ disease

The World Health Organisation said it was monitoring the situation after tests had failed to identify the cause – but now authorities believe they know what’s behind the cases.

Legionnaires’ disease is believed to be the cause of a pneumonia outbreak that killed four people in Argentina.

Eleven cases have so far been reported, linked to a private health clinic in the north-western city of San Miguel de Tucuman.

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