A five-year-old girl and an eighty-two year-old woman are among fourteen people already affected by the outbreak of the potentially-fatal E.coli 0157 strain, believed to have been caught from eating meat from a butchers in Leeds.
A further seven people are expected to be confirmed as victims of the outbreak later today.
West Yorkshire Health Protection Unit are looking into the outbreak, raised concerns that people may become seriously ill, as E.coli 0157 has been associated with very severe illness.
Todd's Pork and Beef Butchers in Armley was found to be the source of the potentially-fatal strain. The shop closed yesterday.
The first case was discovered on June 23rd.
Thirteen people were from the Leeds area, and one from Castleford.
Around a dozen of the affected people were taken to hospital and health bosses said the majority of those were still receiving treatment.
The Health Protection Agency and Leeds City Council advised the public not to consume any cooked meats or meat products known to have come from the butcher's or even feed it to their pets.
E coli - an infection most commonly transmitted in contaminated foodstuffs, including undercooked meat.
Symptoms range from mild diarrhoea, to severe bloody diarrhoea (haemorrhagic colitis).
A small number of patients, particularly children and older people, infected with E.coli can go on to develop further complications.
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