Human to human to human to human spread of the new E coli in Poland.

There have been several instances of apparent human to human spread of the new E coli attacking Europe, including one in the US. Thus, it seems clear that this pathogen has the potential to infect people long after the original food contamination problem has ended. The risk of extended outbreaks likely will depend on many [...]

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Germany Faces Criticism Over E. COLI OUTBREAK – NYTimes.com

Germany Faces Criticism Over E. Coli Outbreak By ALAN COWELL Published: June 7, 2011 PARIS — The German government came under increased attack on Tuesday by critics at home and abroad, accusing it of mismanaging the E. coli crisis that has killed at least 22 people. German officials, however, reported a slight fall in the [...]

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Saudi Arabia bans veggies from Europe amid E. coli scare.

In navolging van Rusland is ook Saudi-Arabië tijdelijk gestopt met importeren van groenten en fruit uit Europese landen om besmetting met de E.coli te voorkomen. By ARAB NEWS Published: Jun 7, 2011 02:36 Updated: Jun 7, 2011 02:59 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has temporarily stopped importing vegetables from European countries to prevent entry of agricultural products contaminated by the E. [...]

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Forensic Evidence Emerges That European E. Coli Superbug Was Bioengineered to Produce Human Fatalities.

June 06, 2011 by Mike Adams Even as the veggie blame game is now under way across theEU, where a super resistant strain of e.coli is sickening patients and filling hospitals in Germany, virtually no one is talking about how e.coli could have magically become resistant to eight different classes of antibiotic drugs and then [...]

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Investigation Update: Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O104 (STEC O104:H4) Infections Associated with Travel to Germany (via Full Text Reports…)

Investigation Update: Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O104 (STEC O104:H4) Infections Associated with Travel to Germany Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC is monitoring a large outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 (STEC O104:H4) infections ongoing in Germany. The responsible strain shares virulence characteristics with enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC). As of [...]

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Fox news reports that the new strain of E.coli (O104:H4) which ravaged Europe is now reaching the United States (via The Bovine)

Fox news reports: "Health officials said Thursday three people in the United States are suspected to have fallen ill from E. coli bacteria after traveling to Germany where the mystery outbreak has led to the deaths of 18 people and sickened at least 1,600. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was awaiting blood samples [...]

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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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The WHO Says That the E. COLI Bacterium Causing a European OUTBREAK Is a Novel and Dangerous Strain -TIME.

Why Health Authorities Are So Worried About Europe's Mutant E. Coli Outbreak By BRYAN WALSH Thursday, June 2, 2011 | 72 Comments Related Topics:bacteria, E. coli, Europe, food, food safety, foodborne illness, genomics, Germany, Infectious Disease, infectious disease, Medicine, outbreak, russia Health officials were worried enough about an unusually virulent outbreak of food-borne illness from [...]

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