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Editor, Senior Moderator
The outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 in Europe struck mostly women and men in their prime who thought they were eating healthy food, the director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) noted in a speech July 5 in Sopot, Poland.
"Hundreds of them have been damaged for the rest of their lives, suffering kidney failure, brain damage and other long term disabilities," Dr. Marc Sprenger said in a presentation to the Informal Health Council titled "Outbreak of EHEC/STEC in Germany: Lessons Learned."
The most obvious lesson, he said regretfully, is that "the EU is still vulnerable to epidemics."
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http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/07/lessons-learned-in-european-outbreak/
"Hundreds of them have been damaged for the rest of their lives, suffering kidney failure, brain damage and other long term disabilities," Dr. Marc Sprenger said in a presentation to the Informal Health Council titled "Outbreak of EHEC/STEC in Germany: Lessons Learned."
The most obvious lesson, he said regretfully, is that "the EU is still vulnerable to epidemics."
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http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/07/lessons-learned-in-european-outbreak/