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ERLIN - A two-year-old boy Tuesday became the first child to die in an outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli in Germany that authorities say is abating, taking the death toll to at least 37.
The child died in hospital in Hanover overnight after becoming infected with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), authorities in the northern state of Lower Saxony said.
He had been in intensive care for several days. The rest of his family also fell ill but were recovering, authorities said.
Previously the youngest victim from the weeks-long outbreak, which authorities have blamed on vegetable sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany, was a 20-year-old woman.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/German+year+dies+from+coli/4943477/story.html#ixzz1PGtJ8Jh2
The child died in hospital in Hanover overnight after becoming infected with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), authorities in the northern state of Lower Saxony said.
He had been in intensive care for several days. The rest of his family also fell ill but were recovering, authorities said.
Previously the youngest victim from the weeks-long outbreak, which authorities have blamed on vegetable sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany, was a 20-year-old woman.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/German+year+dies+from+coli/4943477/story.html#ixzz1PGtJ8Jh2