The department's director, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, added that it had requested assistance from the CDC to help investigate the increase, and that a team had arrived in Illinois this week.

该部门的负责人恩戈齐·伊兹科博士补充道，他们已请疾病控制中心帮忙调查该疾病增多的原因，一个调查团队已于本周抵达伊利诺斯州。

"We are working with state and local health departments and FDA to learn the cause or causes of this ongoing outbreak," a statement from the CDC on Friday confirmed.

疾病控制中心于周五在一份声明中证实，“我们在与州立及当地卫生部门以及美国食品药物管理局一起调查爆发该疾病的原因。”

According to the Associated Press, this death appears to be the first e-cigarette-related fatality in the United States.

据美联社报道，该死亡案例似乎是美国第一起与电子烟相关的死亡事件。

It may be a bellwether as the cloud of consumer confusion over the safety of such devices continues to grow.

这可能是一种征兆，而消费者对这类产品的安全问题的困惑也不断增多。

The exact link between vaping and the disease that killed the man isn't clear yet, but the increase in respiratory illness is part of a larger national trend.

吸电子烟与该男子的死亡是否有直接联系尚不明确，但呼吸道疾病的增多已成为全国的一种趋势。

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