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German Cucumber E.Coli Outbreak 'May Last Months'
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German Cucumber E.Coli Outbreak 'May Last Months'
The head of the German public health body tackling a deadly E.coli
outbreak says it may be months before it stops.
2 June 2011 Last updated at 01:07 ET
BBC News Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13624554
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Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, told the BBC "we
may never know" the infections' source.
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He expressed sympathy for Spanish farmers affected by the false charge
that their cucumbers were to blame.
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More than 1,500 people have been infected by enterohaemorrhagic E.coli
(EHEC), which can cause the deadly haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS).
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Seventeen people have died - 16 of them in Germany and one in Sweden.
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Spread to US
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At least 365 new E.coli cases were reported on Wednesday, a quarter of
them involving HUS, a condition associated with bloody diarrhoea and
kidney failure, the Robert Koch Institute said.
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The new cases include two in the US, both of whom had recently travelled
to Hamburg, where many of the cases are clustered.
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Professor Burger said it was impossible to say how long before the last
case would appear:
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"The number [of cases] will come down but how long it will take I am not
sure. It could be weeks, months," he told the BBC.
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The length of time would depend on whether infected food was still in
warehouses, and whether the original source was still active, he said.
Spain has threatened to file a suit on behalf of its farmers against
German authorities who had alleged a link between Spanish vegetables and
the deadly strain of bacteria.
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The European Commission lifted its warning over the Spanish cucumbers on
Wednesday, saying tests "did not confirm the presence of the specific
serotype (O104), which is responsible for the outbreak affecting humans."
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Cause of E. coli outbreak in Europe may stay unknown
Associated Press
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2011/06/02/
cause_of_e_coli_outbreak_in_europe_may_stay_unknown/
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BERLIN European health officials tracking one of the worst E. coli
outbreaks on record might never know where it came from. It is a sad fact
of life in food poisoning cases: There is often no smoking gun.
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The germ has sickened more than 1,500 people, mostly in Germany. Most
patients who have been interviewed said they ate lettuce, tomatoes, or
cucumbers, but officials testing produce across the continent have yet to
find any vegetables with the particular strain involved.
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Illnesses can occur days after tainted food is eaten and leftovers thrown
out, so the trail gets cold pretty quick, said Bill Marler, a Seattle
attorney who specializes in food poisoning cases.
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