Word: wacker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Warren E. Wacker, director of University Health Services, said yesterday that epidemics caused by this organism--called vibrio parahemolyticus--sometimes occur in Japan, where large quantities of raw fish are consumed, but "practically never" appear in New England...
...Wacker said it took nearly three weeks to identify the organism because it is so uncommon. The state health department has recorded only one previous epidemic, of this kind caused from eating undercooked lobster, he said...
...Wacker said these symptoms indicated that the seafood which contained shrimp, whitefish and scallops, had not been sufficiently cooked...
...said that he will have to speak to Wacker about the results of the tests before he can recommend procedures to prevent similar incidents in the future...
...Warren E.C. Wacker, director of UHS, said yesterday the state laboratory of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is also currently trying to identify the organism...