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Article: Diarrhea-causing bacteria blamed for pupils' food poisoning in SW China
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 5, 2006
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Diarrhea-causing bacteria blamed for pupils' food poisoning in SW
China
CHENGDU, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Medical experts confirmed on Tuesday
that 300 primary school pupils who were sent to hospital after eating
lunch at their school on the first day of the new semester in
southwest China, are suffering from food poisoning.
It remains unclear whether the food was contaminated by the food
seller or during its preparation at the school, said Fu Xiaolu,
director of the Disease Prevention and Control Center of Chengdu,
capital of Sichuan Province.
About 300 pupils at the Chongzhou City Experimental Primary School
began suffering from headache, fever, vomiting, stomach-ache and
diarrhoea on ...