Mysterious neurological illness haunts Canadian Atlantic region

The cases have prompted a row between health officials who deny the sicknesses form a true cluster' and medical experts looking for a link

When Roger Ellis fell ill two years ago, his family rushed to the hospital, fearing he was having a heart attack. Doctors quickly ruled that out, but days later, he suffered from a seizure.

In the following weeks, the retired industrial mechanic, 64, who lived in the east Canadian town of Bathurst, New Brunswick, grew increasingly anxious and disoriented, and often repeated himself.