Foodborne Illness -- Brazil
The "black urine disease" is a type of rhabdomyolysis, a name given to a syndrome generating the destruction of skeletal muscle fibers and release of elements from within the fibers (such as electrolytes, myoglobins, and proteins) into the blood.
The name was given because of the discovery of the disease in a lake called Frisches Haff, in the Koningsberg region in 1924. The territory, on the Baltic Sea, belonged to Germany, but was later incorporated into Russia, constituting an enclave
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8631017&promed&0
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