Germans have been warned not to eat cucumbers until tests identify the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak that has killed 10 and spread across Europe.<\/p>\n
It is thought contaminated organic cucumbers were imported from Spain, but further tests are being carried out.<\/p>\n
The vegetables have left hundreds ill with Hemolytic-uremic Syndrome (HUS), which causes kidney problems.<\/p>\n
Cases have also been recorded in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK.<\/p>\n
One woman was taken to hospital in Poland on Monday and said to be in a serious condition after returning from a trip to the northern German city of Hamburg, where more than 450 cases have been reported.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, authorities in the Czech Republic and Austria took some Spanish-grown cucumbers off shop shelves amid contamination fears.<\/p>\n
Czech officials said affected cucumbers may also have been exported to Hungary and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n
Suspicion has fallen on organic cucumbers from Spain imported by Germany but then re-exported to other European countries, or exported directly by Spain.<\/p>\n
Two Spanish greenhouses identified as sources for the outbreak have been closed and are currently under investigation to see whether the outbreak originated there or elsewhere, said an EU spokesman.<\/p>\n
HUS often occurs after a gastrointestinal infection with E.coli.<\/p>\n
Contagious cucumbers?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Sweden-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has called the outbreak “one of the largest described of HUS worldwide and the largest ever reported in Germany”.<\/p>\n
It has baffled scientists because whereas HUS normally affects children under the age of five, in this outbreaks nearly 90% are adults and two-thirds are women, says the BBC’s Stephen Evans in Berlin.<\/p>\n
One possibility is that they became infected after eating food for what they thought were health reasons, adds our correspondent.<\/p>\n
The DNA of the bacterium is to be analysed later to try to find ways of catching it early in people infected by it.<\/p>\n
The sickness is not directly contagious but it can be transferred between people if an infected person prepares food for others.<\/p>\n
The German authorities warn that the source may still be active and that means there is a possibility of the outbreak getting worse.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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