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Old 06-02-2011, 07:42 AM   #26
classicman
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I saw that last night - makes logical sense to me as well. I heard this am that women seem to be more susceptible to this strain than children.

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One of the mysteries about the outbreak of the particularly vicious strain of E. coli is that most of the victims have been women.

In most outbreaks, the victims are children because they have not developed the immune system to fight off the food poisoning - but in the German case, it is adults and female adults, in particular.

Scientists simply do not know why.
BBC

Interesting stuff
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