Post by STORMDANCER on Jul 11, 2011 20:43:18 GMT
LONDON -- Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.
But while suspicion has fallen on raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce as the source of the germ, researchers have been unable to pinpoint the food responsible for the frightening illness, which has killed at least 18 people, sickened more than 1,600 and spread to least 10 European countries.
An alarmingly large number of victims - about 500 - have developed kidney complications that can be deadly.
Chinese and German scientists analyzed the DNA of the E. coli bacteria and determined that the outbreak was caused by "an entirely new, super-toxic" strain that contains several antibiotic-resistant genes, according to a statement from the Shenzhen, China-based laboratory BGI. It said the strain appeared to be a combination of two types of E. coli.
Read more below:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/02/e-coli-outbreak-new-strain_n_870176.html?icid=maing-grid7
Just another scare mongering media storm about how we are all going to die from this latest Armageddon style illness *yawns* I should have died about 100 times over now, more people die from common colds each day than what this one out of a million virus's has killed.
Peace and Love
Storm xx
But while suspicion has fallen on raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce as the source of the germ, researchers have been unable to pinpoint the food responsible for the frightening illness, which has killed at least 18 people, sickened more than 1,600 and spread to least 10 European countries.
An alarmingly large number of victims - about 500 - have developed kidney complications that can be deadly.
Chinese and German scientists analyzed the DNA of the E. coli bacteria and determined that the outbreak was caused by "an entirely new, super-toxic" strain that contains several antibiotic-resistant genes, according to a statement from the Shenzhen, China-based laboratory BGI. It said the strain appeared to be a combination of two types of E. coli.
Read more below:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/02/e-coli-outbreak-new-strain_n_870176.html?icid=maing-grid7
Just another scare mongering media storm about how we are all going to die from this latest Armageddon style illness *yawns* I should have died about 100 times over now, more people die from common colds each day than what this one out of a million virus's has killed.
Peace and Love
Storm xx
