A sudden outbreak of Legionnaire's disease has prompted a warning from health authorities to anyone who lives in or has visited metropolitan Melbourne.
There have been 22 confirmed and a further six suspected cases of the rare illness in just the last four days, since last Friday - mostly in adults over the age of 40.
Anyone who lives in or has visited metropolitan Melbourne is being urged to be on alert for the disease, which can prove deadly if left untreated.Legionnaires' disease is a rare but severe form of bacterial pneumonia. They are also found in spas, warm water systems and artificial systems that use water for cooling, heating or industrial processes, such as cooling towers.
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