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un 02, 2011 3 Americans have mutant strain of E. coli hitting Europe * By Michael Winter <http://content.usatoday.com/topics/reporter/Michael+Winter> , USA TODAY The E. coli outbreak that has killed 18 and sickened more than 1,600 people in Europe appears to be a new, more virulent mutant strain that is causing potentially deadly blood and kidney damage and that may be spread person to person, researchers and public health officials say. Three Americans who traveled recently to Germany contracted the food-poisoning bacteria and developed haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS), which affects the blood and kidneys, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/02/cases-of-e-coli-from-europe-now-in -u-s/> . All are in U.S. hospitals. Health experts warn that the bug could be exported to the USA, because the bacteria has an eight-day incubation period and may be passed among people, <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8553709/Killer-E.coli-strain-i nfects-first-victims-in-Britain.html> The Telegraph reports from London. The CDC says the illness is rarely passed among people. Seven cases have been found in Britain, the country's first. Most infections have occurred in northern Germany, and hundreds are seriously ill. Nine deaths have resulted from HUS, the World Health Organization says <http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_06_02/en/index.html> . The BBC has a map of the outbreak <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13626499> , the largest of its kind. <http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/06/sequence-yields-clues-to- germany.html> Science reports that DNA sequencing has yielded clues to the "super toxic" bacteria. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
