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Both Berry and Rosenthal said that tests on food in the Union have found no evidence of any bacterial contamination. That finding has increased speculation that the source of any problem is viral...
...week progressed, however, Berry and investigators found the outbreak "more symptomatic of viral infection...
Still, it is possible that the virus was carried in the food. Such viral food poisoning is not common as bacterial poisoning, but it does occur...
Between 1983 and 1987, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found 50,283 cases of bacterial food poisoning and only 2,790 cases of viral food poisoning...
...insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. One longstanding hypothesis got a big boost last week when researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh announced they had discovered compelling evidence that a virus is involved in Type I, or what used to be called juvenile diabetes. In their view, a viral infection causes the immune system to overreact and attack the pancreas. If confirmed, the finding could eventually lead to a vaccine for people with a family history of diabetes...