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Report: Guests leave Las Vegas’ Rio hotel with Legionnaires’ disease

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in Buildings News Water Systems
Posted on June 11, 2017June 11, 2017

Just a quick post.  Legionnaires’ is in the news again with people picking it up at a Las Vegas hotel. Below is one of the stories. Bacteria causing a sometimes deadly type of pneumonia were found in the water system of the famed Las Vegas Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Source: Guests leave Las Vegas’ Rio …

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