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Marshalltown outbreak: local health officials report 34 cases, trace source toward cooling towers
Summary
State and local health officials told the Marshall County Board of Supervisors they have linked 34 cases and one death to a single Legionnaires outbreak in Marshalltown, are testing about 10 cooling towers and have asked likely sites to disinfect while culture results are pending.
State and local public-health officials told the Marshall County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 10 that they have identified 34 cases and one death tied to a single Legionnaires outbreak centered in Marshalltown and are investigating industrial cooling towers as the most likely source.
"For Marshalltown so far, we found 34 cases and 1 death that we believe are tied into and associated with a single outbreak here in Marshalltown," said Matt Donahue, an internal medicine physician and state epidemiologist with Iowa HHS. Donahue said Legionella is a bacterium that multiplies in warm, man-made water systems and can be spread when contaminated water is aerosolized.
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