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Team:IIT Madras/Facts
From 2013.igem.org
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Facts and Statistics
- Shiga toxin has claimed the lives of more than 1 million people worldwide. More than 150 million people each year are affected by the toxin directly, or indirectly.
- In 2011 alone, more than 3,700 people were infected and 45 died, in Germany and Western Europe.
- Shiga toxin induced kidney damage, is the major cause of acute pediatric renal failure, and 30% of survivors experience permanent kidney damage.
