that has killed 17 people and left more than 1,500 ill across Europe,
the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.
and it may be the deadliest.
Twelve people died in a 1996 Japanese outbreak that reportedly sickened more than 9,000,
and seven died in a Canadian outbreak in 2000.
Twelve people died in a 1996 Japanese outbreak that reportedly sickened more than 9,000,
and seven died in a Canadian outbreak in 2000.
“This is a unique strain
that has never been isolated from patients before,”
- Hilde Kruse - WHO food safety expert
“I have never seen anything as divergent,
which means it has evolved away from humans,”...
“This is not just a new strain,
this is absolutely and totally different from anything
since MRSA was discovered in the 1960s,”
- Prof. David Coleman - Trinity College Dublin
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