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German researchers suspect cucumbers from Spain are the source of a massive enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) outbreak that has hit the northern parts of the country. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), so far 214 patients have developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially deadly complication of an EHEC infection, characterized by a destruction of red blood cells and severe kidney problems. At least two patients have died.
Originally posted by BLV12
How about you provide a link to that German newspaper source of yours, instead of making a quote and linking to the WHO site which mentions NOTHING about intelligence services involvement?
MADRID — Spain said Friday there is no evidence its farms are to blame for a bacterial outbreak suspected of leaving five dead and nearly 300 sickened in Germany.
..The Spanish agriculture minister said she had spoken to her German counterpart and an investigations is under way. Officials are probing whether the cucumbers were contaminated with E. coli when they were shipped from southern Spain, or if they went bad during shipment or while being handled in Germany, Rosa Aguilar said.
There are different strains of E. coli and the one detected in Germany is extremely rare in Spain, she said. She added, "as of right now, we have to say that there is no evidence that leads one to believe the contamination occurred in the country of origin."
She said the cucumbers have been traced to a specific shipment that has now been destroyed.
The Spanish cucumbers are suspected as possible causes of five deaths and 276 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, in recent days. HUS is a rare complication arising from an initial infection most commonly associated with E. coli, a bacterium found in undercooked beef or contaminated food.
Nordic authorities say the infection may have spread to Sweden and Denmark.
Originally posted by ladyinwaiting
Spain is not accepting ownership of the contaminated vegetables.
Originally posted by Hessdalen
Germans secret service (BND) is investigating because its possible that this issue maybe an biological terror attack, a possebility shared by some german universitys due to the resistance, uniqueness and the strange route the infection spreads...
Originally posted by MischeviousElf
OF ALL the differant type of Biological Methods, E.Coli is the most easy, cheapest and most hidable as a natural outbreak of any of the other "threats" monitored by DHS CDC and such like.
Originally posted by MischeviousElf
OF ALL the differant type of Biological Methods, E.Coli is the most easy, cheapest and most hidable as a natural outbreak of any of the other "threats" monitored by DHS CDC and such like.
It would be the choice of an non state oragnisation or one not wanting to be traced or open about it.