Large numbers of people between the age of 16 and 60 have developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS).

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"It is extremely unusual for people in these ages groups to develop HUS, " the Health Protection Agency says.

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For patients with severe HUS, dialysis might be needed to support failing kidneys.

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This enormous detriment to European Union farmers and consumers in the wake of HUS coincides with the shattering U.S. economic downturn.

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This was also a year when rebels were stirring in the kingdom and when religious dissidents, from the Lollards at home to Jan Hus abroad, claimed their own way to salvation.

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome ( HUS) has vegetable producing EU nations pointing fingers at one another, many people dying, tens of hundreds of others sick, at least seventeen countries involved, bans and boycotts, fears and outright panic gripping more and more traditionally unsensational market sectors.

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