An outbreak of a deadly strain of the E. coli virus in Germany and its European neighbors has killed 16 and has infected 1,600 as health officials race to pinpoint the source of the epidemic and minimize its impact.
The bug being blamed for the deaths and a swath of hospitalizations—many of which require intensive care and kidney dialysis—is among a group of toxin-producing E.coli called enterohemorrhagic E. coli, which can cause kidney failure and bloody diarrhea.
The northern German city of Hamburg has become the epicenter of the outbreak, which German officials initially blamed on shipments of Spanish cucumbers.
John Dalli, the European commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, said that..
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