There has been a recent outbreak of a disease related to Streptococcus suis in pigs, in China. So far, 206 cases of human disease have been reported, 38 of them fatal. Official information on the outbreak was received by the World Health Organisation on 22 July.
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Most cases have occurred in the Sichuan Province. Cases of the disease have been reported in 11 areas of administration in the province. It has become a high priority to investigate and contain the disease.
The majority of those infected are male adult farmers who have been in close contact with sickly or dead pigs.
Symptoms of the disease include high fever, depression, nausea, and vomiting that eventually could lead to meningitis, internal bleeding, toxic shock, and even a coma in severe cases. The disease spreads quickly and people can get severely ill within a day or two.
According to Chinese authorities, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
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