June 7, 2011
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- In Germany, the number of patients with intestinal infection has increased dramatically
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Germany
conducted the first laboratory tests germinated soybean sprouts on the content of an acute intestinal infection that resulted in E. coli could not be found. The source of infection has still not been found.
Results of analyzes to detect pathogenic strain E.coli O104: H4 23 cases were negative for review was taken 40 samples of soy. The rest of the data analysis of the remaining 17 samples are not yet known.
Last week, the specialists of the Institute of Hygiene in Hamburg have been tested on the content of soybean sprouts enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli And they are also nothing was found.
Recall that in late May this year in Germany, followed by a number of other European countries have been fixed outbreaks of infection severe intestinal infection . Experts have previously warned that the infection could be contained in raw vegetables, particularly cucumbers, brought them in Spain.
On the eve of scientists have suggested that soy is grown in a farm bienenbüttel (Bienenbuettel) of Lower Saxony could be a source of the spread of E. coli. Still, it was found that the supply of its products the farm carried out throughout Germany, not only where an outbreak was detected.
So, still not found the source, spreading acute intestinal infection, from which Germany suffered such a huge number of people. After a sharp rise in the incidence of the number of infected has exceeded 1,500, the number of victims of the infection has reached 21 people.
For security reasons, the German authorities called on the population to refrain from eating raw vegetables. And in Russia, came into force ban on the import of vegetables from Europe.