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Postal Clerk Dies From Legionnaire's Disease Posted: 9:13 p.m. EDT October 27, 2001 Updated: 9:20 p.m. EDT October 27, 2001 BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A female clerk at a Palm Beach County post office has died from Legionnaire's disease, but the case appears isolated and is not a threat to the community, health officials said. Rosa Anderson, 55, a distribution clerk at the Boca Rio post office, died at Boca Raton Community Hospital, said Judy Johnson, head of the American Postal Workers in Miami. Legionnaire's disease is a respiratory infection that generally spreads through the inhalation of mist from contaminated water. It does not spread from person to person. The disease is treatable, but Anderson "arrived at the hospital very, very sick,'' director of the Palm Beach County Health Department Dr. Jean Malecki said. Since Anderson was hospitalized a few days after a man died from anthrax, she was also tested for the bacteria. Bob Stevens, who worked for American Media, Inc., in Boca Raton, died of the inhaled form of anthrax in early October. Anderson's tests for anthrax came back negative. It was only after she died that health officials determined she had Legionnaire's disease. There's no "obvious source'' for the disease and there are no new cases in the area, Malecki said. "We're all very saddened,'' postal service spokeswoman Ellen B. Bohde said. "She was a wonderful employee and she'll missed by all of our employees.'' Legionnaire's disease was discovered in 1976, when 34 people died and 221 became ill at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified the bacterium responsible for the outbreak in January 1977, calling it Legionella pneumophilia. Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
