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The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health confirmed a case of Legionnaires' Disease (LD).
Case details are as follows:
Age: 35
Sex: Male
Date of onset: August 11
Symptoms: Fever, cough and shortness of breath
Medical consultation: Admitted to North District Hospital on August 16.
Present condition: Recovered and discharged on August 26.
Travel history outside Hong Kong: Stayed in the Mainland during the whole incubation period.
Home contacts: Home contacts in Mainland are asymptomatic
Cumulative total of Legionnaires' disease in 2005: 7
Local case: 2
Imported case: 1 (today's case)
Imported/local case (pending classification): 4
Total number of LD cases in recent years: 2 in 2000, 3 in 2001, 4 in 2002, 3 in 2003 and 3 in 2004.
Ends/Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Issued at HKT 17:34
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