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Lothian is hotspot for rare killer bug
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THE Lothians was today revealed as the UK hotspot for a rare form
of potentially deadly salmonella which has struck across the country.
Figures show that more cases have been confirmed in the Edinburgh
area than in any other part of Britain.
Five people so far in the Lothians have been diagnosed as having
Salmonella Bareilly.
Dozens of others across Britain have fallen prey to the food
poisoning bug this month, including one elderly woman who experts
believe may have died as a result of the infection.
Scottish health experts have launched a joint investigation with
the Food Standards Agency ...
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 "Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)")
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; ...revealed 31 cases of salmonella bareilly have been confirmed in the past month. It...August, as well as 14 confirmed cases and three suspected...500 different types of salmonella and Scotland can usually...were only two cases of salmonella bareilly in 2002 and only ...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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; ...feared to have died after catching the salmonella bareilly bug. Health chiefs revealed that 31 cases...strain of the food poisoning bug had been confirmed in the UK within the last month - 14...in that there were only two cases of salmonella bareilly in 2002 and only one during 2001. ...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Bug hunted.(News)
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; HEALTH experts probing an outbreak of a rare form of salmonella said confirmed cases in the UK hadincreased. The HealthProtection Agency is continuing its investigation into the outbreakof salmonella bareilly and said 131 cases have been reported since August.
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