ATHENS — She didn’t realize it at the time, but Carla Schwan’s passion for food microbiology began in a hospital bed in rural Brazil.
Just 12 years old at the time, Schwan’s predicament began with what she originally thought was just a stomachache from an undercooked hamburger.
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