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Oct 24, 2019

Poor toilet hygiene behind E. coli superbug spread

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food

People not washing their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat, is behind the spread of a key strain of E. coli.

Experts looked at thousands of blood, faecal and food samples.

They found human-to-human transmission was responsible — “faecal particles from one person reaching the mouth of another”.

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