[neverdem]

Characterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study

[neverdem]

micro ping

[Wuli]

“In fact, Dr. Karch said, E.coli O157:H7 is thought to have traveled to Europe from America in 1610,”

Are they saying that the “native Americans” got together and decided to send a local disease back across the Atlantic, in retaliation for the “genocide” that “European” diseases had been intentionally unleashed to cause against “the natives” all over “the Americas”. (only “our” bio-weapons were superior to “theirs”) /sarc

[Elendur]

” a highly unusual combination “
///
may not be engineered, but you were certainly right,
a few weeks ago, when you said it was not ordinary,
and was worth keeping an open mind about.

[PGalt]

Thanks VERY much for the post (and all of your posts), neverdem. VERY interesting.

Health/life BUMP!

[mapmaker77]

Did anyone ever determine where this bug came from, and is the organic farm still closed.

[BIGLOOK]

But the strain that caused the German outbreak does not seem to live in animals.

“I think it is human-specific,” Dr. Karch said. And that increases the mystery of where it goes between outbreaks.

This alone is bothersome. The spontaneity of the combination of traits, the reticence in identifying a host and targeting a source of the contamination leads to assumptions beyond my ken. (This, of course, is from the NYT reporting only.

Going to your follow up.