Public health hazards in Poland posed by foodstuffs contaminated with [i]E.Coli[/i] O104:H4 bacterium from the recent European out break

Shiga toxin producing [i]Escherichia coli[/i] (STEC) are the most virulent diarrhoeagenic [i]E. coli [/i]known to date. They can spread with alarming ease via the food chain, as recently demonstrated by the large outbreak of STEC O104:H4 borne by sprouted seeds in 2011, clustered in northern Germany...

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Main Authors: Przemysław Biliński, Lucyna Kapka-Skrzypczak, Marek Posobkiewicz, Małgorzata Bondaryk, Piotr Hołownia, Andrzej Wojtyła
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Rural Health 2012-03-01
Series:Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
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Online Access:http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=987194