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conditioning, cooling towers. they have all been implicated in the past as sources of the legionnaires' disease bacteria. >> legionella bacteria also causes a milder flu-like illness called pontiac fever which affected eight patients but 1003 people acquired the much more serious legionnaires' disease. that makes for a total of 141 people sick from this outbreak. 94 required hospitalization. four have died. neither legionnaires' disease nor pontiac fever are contagious. once you eliminate the source of contamination, it stops spreading pretty stop having cases. the outbreak ends. that's what public health officials believe has not happened in this case paid >> trace: a bit of good news. jonathan serrie, live in atlanta, home of the cdc. thank you. canadian perimeter justin trudeau fighting to stay in power as voters head to the polls. analysts say the race is too close to call.