E. Coli long-term effects

[Alastair Hamilton]

I think it's a shame if people reply to newsgroup questions in a way that 
could discourage others from submitting their own questions.  This is 
meant to be an open forum - if you think a question is naive then you are 
at liberty to ignore it.
Moreover this misapprehension was a forgiveable one: following recent 
outbreaks in the UK and USA, E.coli has been widely described in the 
media as a virus.

Alastair Hamilton


On 3 Mar 1998 fpagotto at uottawa.ca wrote:

> I can't believe people can actually subscribe to a micro newsgroup, and
> still call e. coli a virus....pick up ANY book and you will see that
> e.coli is a bacteria, and not a virus.  I guess this is a new e.coli virus
> which affects the brain :)
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> On Mon, 2 Mar 1998 the.kube at mailexcite.com wrote:
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> > I hope this is the right group to post this to.
> > I contracted the E. Coli virus 5 years ago and I was just wondering whether
> > anyone knows that the long-term effects of the virus is.
> > 
> > If anyone knows, would you mind e-mailing me... thanx.
> > 
> > 
> > Vagabond Kube.
> > 
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