Large numbers of people between the age of 16 and 60 have developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS).

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The post-mortem revealed that Bethany had died from a rare complication of her E.coli infection, called Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome.

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome - an unusual complication of some types of E. coli as well as other infections - has been seen in hundreds of current cases.

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome ( HUS) has vegetable producing EU nations pointing fingers at one another, many people dying, tens of hundreds of others sick, at least seventeen countries involved, bans and boycotts, fears and outright panic gripping more and more traditionally unsensational market sectors.

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