Pathogens in the News

Diarrhoea outbreak source discovered
Independent Online, South Africa - 6 hours ago
The outbreak of diarrhoea in Carolina was caused by the Shigella bacterium which was spread through contaminated water, the Mpumalanga Democratic Alliance ...

Food borne diseases on increase
Health24.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
For instance, E.coli poisoning can cause hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a cause of kidney failure in children, she said. "Research into the long-term effects of ...

Matters of life and death
Hermanus Times, South Africa - 20 Nov 2008
By comparison, it is now little more than an E. coli infested wetland. Then the De Bos dam came in the early '70s and most of the river was used to sprinkle ...