Legionairre's Disease is back and it is quite troubling indeed. These cases seem to break out every so often and it is hard to trace how. Recently a little hole in the wall Mexican restaurant had an outbreak. The CDC figured it came from the decorative fountain out front. Imagine owning a small restaurant in Rapid City, Iowa and finding out that your customers and employees were getting sick from a rare strain of bacteria which was know to be the infamous Legionaires Disease? Actually the Legionaires Disease is a nickname, which stands officially for the scientific name; Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 1 subtype Benidorm. Sounds awful indeed.

Legionaires Disease is very elusive, this time it came and went and then disappeared only to show up later. The Legionella Microbe is very tricky and has interesting habbits, as it thrives on biofilms and slime. Eat feeds off of sugar like substances that baxteria excrete. The biofilms protect it from the disinfectants normally used and the Legionella can survive anywhere there is water. But it generally does not get to people unless it stays in water of 80-110 degrees.

It is almost if the Legionella knows that humans heat water with hot water heaters, store warm water and have industrial type cooling towers. It seems to like to hang around such things and when the water changes temps, it goes, but then it comes back again. As we have seen from the warm water and humidity lately, it must be loving it. Pretty scary stuff, better be careful. Think on this.