Legionnaires' outbreak linked to private hot tubs on ships, but other preventable illnesses can also sicken passengers.

Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to cruise ship hot tubs, according to CDC reports. Infectious ...

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Private hot tubs on two cruise ships have been linked to outbreaks of a bacterial lung infection known as legionnaires’ disease, which is a “serious pneumonia,” the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The illness is a severe kind of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria. Eight travelers on one ship became ill – including one probable case – while four on the other were sickened.