Cucumber virus "attacks" in Europe

Core Tip: the northern region of Germany two weeks ago came the first outbreak of EHEC, has confirmed and suspected the disease has more than 1,200 people. Pathogen directed "pollution" of the cucumber.

Has always been known for rigorous Germany recently started to worry about cucumber.

Two weeks ago came the first time in northern Germany, EHEC outbreaks, has confirmed and suspected the disease has more than 1,200 people. Pathogen directed "pollution" of the cucumber. At present, the virus has spread to European countries, Sweden, Denmark, England and the Netherlands.

Stockholm, Sweden, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control spokesman said earlier that the virus occurred in Germany as EHEC, Spain may be the source of infection of cucumber. May 26, Hamburg, an import from Spain, the Institute also found in cucumber EHEC. The two companies from Spain, Andalusia, the involvement of the food safety incident. It is understood that the two companies may also have been exported cucumber to the Czech Republic, Turkey, Austria and other countries. However, vegetable company in Malaga Spanish media said the people of Spain became the scapegoat of cucumber. The company exports cucumber on May 12 Hamburg, Hamburg, after a few days the vegetable wholesale market share fall to pieces, and many vegetables fall to the ground, may have been contaminated.

At present, Spain has been suspended in the southern provinces of Almeria and Malaga, two vegetable dealers license. EU agriculture is also place of these two provinces collected soil, water samples. Some experts suspect that the epidemic may also be spread by manure used as fertilizer. German media said the fear of contracting the virus, the outbreak of the German people "vegetables panic." Even many vegetables are also attractive in price. Members of the public are reminded to carefully place food cucumber, other raw tomatoes, lettuce should also be careful. Many supermarkets will therefore withdraw the Spanish cucumber frame.

As of May 30, Germany, died of intestinal Escherichia coli infections has increased to 14 the number of people, and deaths for the first time spread to other areas in northern Germany.

Germany's drug cucumber European countries has triggered widespread concern. European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it was "Germany is the largest ever reported in the world one of the most serious outbreak of E. coli." Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and public supervision by the Secretary Gennady Onishchenko said on May 30, due to an outbreak of acute diarrheal disease outbreaks in Europe and has caused more than ten people were killed, the council banned imports of Russia from Germany and Spain raw vegetables, and also plans to expand the ban list of target countries.

SGS CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. microbial experts said the epidemic caused by EHEC culprit is a variant - "Husec 41". To be infected, the patient will appear abdominal cramps and diarrhea. As a pathogenic form of E. coli, the main mode of contamination of water sources in close contact with people, etc.. The expert pointed out that the report in the world EHEC infection, about 70% or more with the consumption of suspect food.

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