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Within 24 hours, 100 more were reported affected by complication of E. Enterohemorrhagic coli, nine countries have cases

The Minister of Agriculture of Germany, Ilse Aigner said on Wednesday that scientists are working relentlessly to find the source of an unusual strain of the bacterium E. coli, believed to spread through Europe in vegetables that were contaminated at some point in their long journey from cultivation to marketing.

"Hundreds of tests were done, and the responsible agencies have determined that the majority of sick patients ate cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce leaves, mainly in northern Germany," said Ilse. "States that conducted the tests now have to do the opposite way from marketing these products to see how they arrived here."

Initially, the German authorities cucumbers showed few Spaniards as the cause, but further tests showed that these plants, although infected, did not cause the outbreak. Still, authorities warned all Germans to avoid eating cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce raw.

"Germany recognizes that the English cucumbers are not the cause," said on Tuesday the German Agriculture Secretary, Robert Kloos, backstage at a meeting of agriculture ministers of the European Union in Hungary.

E. coli is found in large quantities in the digestive systems of humans, cattle and other mammals. She is responsible for a large quantity of food borne outbreaks in several countries. In most cases, because non-lethal stomach ailments. But

E. Coli Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) causes more severe symptoms, ranging from bloody diarrhea to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). There are records of 1,064 cases of EHEC since early May, said the Robert Koch Institute, the national health agency of Germany.

The outbreak has left 16 people dead, including one death in Sweden. According to the Robert Koch Institute, 470 people are suffering from HUS, a rare complication of an infection commonly associated with EHEC. On Tuesday, there were record 373 cases of HUS, which attacks the kidneys, sometimes causing seizures, stroke and coma.

According to World Health Organization (WHO), cases of EHEC have been reported in nine European countries: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Except for two cases, all others are from Germany or people who recently traveled to the north, the WHO said. Source

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Note: Some time ago there were avian and swine influenza (H1N1), now it's time for the cucumber. Does anyone still have doubts that something wrong is happening? Is there anyone beckoning humanity to warn you that this world is coming to an end.