Don t shoot the cucumber

　　沉冤得雪的黃瓜

　　A deadly outbreak in Hamburg causes ripples roundEurope

　　爆發在漢堡的致命性疫情引發歐洲震蕩

　　SEVENTEEN deaths, some 1,500 confirmed orsuspected cases and hundreds of millions of euros inlosses: the outbreak of E. coli infections in northernGermany is causing havoc across Europe. The culpritis an especially nasty strain of E. coli, which normallyresides harmlessly in the gut. Type O104:H4 can causebloody diarrhoea, convulsions and, most lethally,haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, which attacks thekidneys. Nearly all the dead are women. Nobody knowswhy.

　　7人死亡，約1500例確認或者疑似病例，數以億計歐元的經濟損失：在德國北部爆發的大腸桿菌疫情讓整個歐洲都陷入了一片混亂。罪魁禍首是特別惡心的大腸桿菌族的一種，通常情況下駐于腸內且對人體無害。這種叫O104:H4型的大腸桿菌能造成出血性腹瀉，痙攣，以及更為致命的溶血性尿毒綜合征癥狀，引發腎衰竭。幾乎所有的死者都是女性。沒人能解釋這一現象。

　　German health authorities at first traced the infection to organic cucumbers from Spain andadvised people to avoid them, along with salad and raw tomatoes. Now it seems the cucumberswere innocent . But thevegetable warning still stands, and the economic and political damage is mounting.

　　德國衛生部門最先把疫情元兇定為從西班牙進口的有機黃瓜，并告誡民眾避免食用它們，包括沙拉和生西紅柿。現在看來黃瓜貌似已經沉冤得雪了。但是對于蔬菜的食用警告依然有效，政治經濟損失也逐漸增大。

　　Don t shoot the cucumber

　　沉冤得雪的黃瓜

　　A deadly outbreak in Hamburg causes ripples roundEurope

　　爆發在漢堡的致命性疫情引發歐洲震蕩

　　SEVENTEEN deaths, some 1,500 confirmed orsuspected cases and hundreds of millions of euros inlosses: the outbreak of E. coli infections in northernGermany is causing havoc across Europe. The culpritis an especially nasty strain of E. coli, which normallyresides harmlessly in the gut. Type O104:H4 can causebloody diarrhoea, convulsions and, most lethally,haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, which attacks thekidneys. Nearly all the dead are women. Nobody knowswhy.

　　7人死亡，約1500例確認或者疑似病例，數以億計歐元的經濟損失：在德國北部爆發的大腸桿菌疫情讓整個歐洲都陷入了一片混亂。罪魁禍首是特別惡心的大腸桿菌族的一種，通常情況下駐于腸內且對人體無害。這種叫O104:H4型的大腸桿菌能造成出血性腹瀉，痙攣，以及更為致命的溶血性尿毒綜合征癥狀，引發腎衰竭。幾乎所有的死者都是女性。沒人能解釋這一現象。

　　German health authorities at first traced the infection to organic cucumbers from Spain andadvised people to avoid them, along with salad and raw tomatoes. Now it seems the cucumberswere innocent . But thevegetable warning still stands, and the economic and political damage is mounting.

　　德國衛生部門最先把疫情元兇定為從西班牙進口的有機黃瓜，并告誡民眾避免食用它們，包括沙拉和生西紅柿。現在看來黃瓜貌似已經沉冤得雪了。但是對于蔬菜的食用警告依然有效，政治經濟損失也逐漸增大。