The E. coli pathogen has been identified on cucumbers imported from Spain but it is unclear if they were contaminated there, during transport or in Germany.

在从西班牙进口的黄瓜中发现了大肠杆菌病原体，但是尚不清楚污染究竟是发生在西班牙源产地，还是在运输过程中，或是在德国被污染的。

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Officials initially blamed the E. coli, which has killed 29 people, on imported cucumbers, then bean sprouts.

官方起初将导致29人死亡的大肠杆菌归咎于进口黄瓜，现在又将矛头转向豆芽。

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Early evidence by German researchers linked the outbreak to cucumbers imported from farms in Spain.

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More than two weeks after a food poisoning epidemic broke out in northern Germany, at least 14 people have been reported dead and hundreds have fallen sick from an extremely dangerous strain of the E. coli bacteria found on imported cucumbers.

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