Oct 24, 2019
Poor toilet hygiene behind E. coli superbug spread
Posted by Genevieve Klien 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”.