Stig Östlund

torsdag, juni 02, 2011

The mysterious E.coli to be lethal mutant

The World Health Organization has labeled E. coli strain responsible for the epidemic outbreak in Europe a never-before-seen bacteria. “This is a unique strain that has never been isolated from patients before,” Hilde Cruse, a food safety expert at the WHO, said on Thursday. Experts suggest the new bacterium is a mutated form of two different Escherichia coli, having lethal properties. By June 2 the new E. coli bacteria had killed 17 in Germany and left 1.500 people sick.

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