
Legionnaires' disease found in person who didn't attend fair
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Public health officials in North Carolina are reporting a case of Legionnairesโ disease in a person who didnโt attend the Mountain State Fair, but was at a building on the fair site.
The stateโs Health and Human Services Department reports the person attended the Quilt Show at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in late September. To date, itโs the only case of Legionnairesโ disease in an individual who didnโt attend the fair, but was at the WNC Ag Center after it ended on Sept. 15.
Health officials visited the WNC Ag Center Sept. 25 and 27 and didnโt identify any sources of aerosolized water. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services suspended rental of the Davis Event Center after Legionella bacteria were found in one of six samples.