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- From: fgarbrec@POST.ITS.MCW.EDU (Frederick Garbrecht)
- Newsgroups: bionet.general
- Subject: Re: E. Coli and sickness
- Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9301280826.A801-a100000@post.its.mcw.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 14:53:29 GMT
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- This has more to do with the virulence of the strain of E. Coli. The are
- many strains, and some have the ability to secrete enterotoxins into the
- gut of the affected individual, thus resulting in a gastroenteritis.
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- F Garbrecht
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- fgarbrec@post.its.mcw.edu
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- On 28 Jan 1993 apland@mala.bc.ca wrote:
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- > Date: 28 Jan 93 04:39:29 GMT
- > From:apland@mala.bc.ca
- > To: bioforum@net.bio.net
- > Subject: E. Coli and sickness
- >
- > Hi. I'm a grade 12 biology student. I am wondering about the effects of E.
- > Coli bacteria injested through uncooked meat. Recently a young child died and
- > tens of others have became ill in Washington State after eating uncooked
- > hamburgers. The news attributed the illness to E. Coli, but my biology text
- > says that E.Coli is a harmless bacteria found in the colon. Does this have
- > something to do with the high pH in the colon as apposed to the low pH in the
- > stomach?
- >
- > Thanks, Shannon
- >
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