E. coli | -salmonella found inside plant tissue-

Washing veggies isn’t enough — they have to be cooked to kill pathogens By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Offering new proof that simply washing veggies can’t eliminate the potential for Salmonella and E. coli infection … Read More via Summit County Citizens Voice Related articles E. coli, Salmonella found inside plant tissue (summitcountyvoice.com) E. [...]

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E-Coli | -1 death, 14 sick from E.coli Strawberries-

PORTLAND, Ore.- Oregon Public Health officials have identified fresh strawberries from a Newberg farm with fields in Washington County as the source of a cluster of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections that sickened at least 15 people last month, including one person who died. The strawberries were produced last month by Jaquith Strawberry Farm located in [...]

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“When Food Kills” — we wonder why…

From Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times: “The deaths of 31 people in Europe from a little-known strain of E. coli have raised alarms worldwide, but we shouldn’t be surprised. Our food often betrays us. Just a few days ago, a 2-year-old girl in Dryden, Va., died in a hospital after suffering bloody diarrhea linked to [...]

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Cause of European E.coli outbreak may never be known — top WHO official.

As European agriculture ministers hold an emergency meeting about the continent’s spiraling E. coli outbreak, Spain is demanding full compensation to its farmers, after Spanish cucumbers were incorrectly identified as the bacteria’s source.  But even as scientists still scramble to diagnose the origin, experts say this outbreak’s legacy could be the huge furor over mistaken [...]

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Is the German (EHEC) E. coli strain nature or laboratory generated? (via Today is life … Tomorrow never comes)

Genome sequencing of the EHEC strain that killed already 17 people in Germany  revealed why such germs are so aggressive: 1. It has 93% sequence similarity to a bacterial strain (EAEC 55989) known to cause serious diarrhea in Central African Republic 2. It acquired specific sequences that appear to be similar to those involved in [...]

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Een(t)weetje: Alles over EHEC coli outbreak

title="woman's day" by chertichego = Nastia in Russia compare: epidemic EHEC bacterium A bad EHEC coli outbreak was caused by cucumbers, tomatoes or salad in Germany. Don't use it on your eyes neither eat or even touch! The Robert Koch Institute, Hamburg, Germany, said: Avoid cucumbers, tomatoes, salad. The bacterium Escherichia coli 0157:H7, Hermolytic-uremic syndrome, [...]

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Tsjechië mogelijk het negende land met besmettingen EHEC-bacterie

In Frankrijk en Zwitserland zijn mogelijke ook besmettingen gemeld. Daarmee wordt de lijst van de gevaarlijke bacterie enterohemorragische E.coli (EHEC) alsmaar langer. Alleen al in Duitsland zijn er tien doden te betreuren en duizend bevestigde en verdachte infecties. Frankrijk heeft de komkommers ook uit de schappen gehaald nadat er drie verdachte met voedselvergiftiging werden gemeld [...]

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