It takes between five and 14 days, and in rare cases up to a month, before symptoms appear. Detectives are investigating allegations that a British player at the Wimbledon tennis tournament was poisoned, after she fell ill with a bacterial infection that can be spread through rat urine, London's Metropolitan Police said Friday. It said the incident was "alleged to have taken place at an address in Wimbledon" between July 1 and July 10. On Thursday, she tweeted a picture of herself on a tennis court with the caption: "So happy to be back on court!! Gabriella Taylor was playing in Wimbledon's junior tournament when she became sick on July 6 and had to drop out.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 11, 2016 08:48 UTC