A driver who contracted suspected Legionnaires' disease is well enough to be discharged from hospital.
Test results to indicate whether it is definitely a case of Legionnaires' are expected next week.
The patient, in his 50s, from Shoreham, was admitted to Worthing Hospital nearly two weeks ago after becoming seriously ill.
Public health officials at Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust have traced the man's movements in the two weeks before he was taken to hospital and are now satisfied it is an isolated case.
About 95 per cent of cases occur when a person has travelled abroad and the incubation period is ten days.
Legionnaires' is contracted through inhaling tiny droplets of water, often via air conditioning and water systems, and is treated with antibiotics.
Cases of the disease are rare with usually about 200 cases in the UK every year.
The bug cannot be spread from person to person.
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