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Pig-borne endemic in SW China brought under control: official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-21 21:54
BEIJING, August 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese ministries of health and
agriculture said Sunday swine streptococosis endemic that took place in
southwest China's Sichuan Province has been identified and brought under
control.
According to a report released Sunday by the two ministries, there has been
no extra human cases reported since August 4.
It says the disease in Sichuan, which erupted in "a number of" poor, remote
rural areas in the province, was caused by a kind of bacterium known as swine
streptococosis II.
The report,entitled "Evaluation of the Epidemic Situation of Streptococosis
in Sichuan Province", was based on lab checks and epidemic investigations.
The channel through which the disease spread has also been identified,
according to the report.
It has been reported by the ministries to the World Health Organization, the
UN Food and Agricultural Organization and health authorities of Hong Kong, Macao
and Taiwan.
A total of 204 human cases were reported as of the noon of August 4, says the
report.
No extra case has been reported in the past 16 consecutive days from August 4
to 20.
The 204 cases include 38 deaths, 20 people still hospitalized, and 146
discharged from hospital, according to the report.
Previous media reports said the patients came from 75 villages in 40
townships in cities and counties including the cities of Ziyang and Jianyang,
the counties of Lezhi and Zizhong in Neijiang City.
All the patients had direct contact with ill or dead pigs before showing
symptoms, said experts.
The patients first reported symptoms of fever, weakness and sickness, and
then got symptoms of endemic bleeding and shock.
Judging from the symptoms and tests of the dead pigs, experts reached the
preliminary conclusion that the disease was caused by swine streptococosis II.
Swine streptococosis was first spotted in the 1950s and has been reported in
many countries including France, Denmark, the United States and Canada.
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