Human<i>Streptococcus suis</i>Outbreak, Sichuan, China

Yu, Hongjie; Jing, Huaiqi; Chen, Zhihai; Zheng, Han; Zhu, Xiaoping; Wang, Hua; Wang, Shiwen; Liu, Lun-guang; Zu, Rongqiang; Luo, Longze; Xiang, Nijuan; Liu, Honglu; Liu, Xuecheng; Shu, Yuelong; Shan Lee, Shui; Kwan Chuang, Shuk; Wang, Yu; Xu, Jianguo; Yang, Weizhong; Streptococcus suis study groups, the

doi:10.3201/eid1206.051194

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HumanStreptococcus suisOutbreak, Sichuan, China

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Jun 1, 2006

Authors:

Hongjie Yu

Huaiqi Jing

Zhihai Chen

Abstract

From mid-July to the end of August 2005, a total of 215 cases of human Streptococcus suis infections, 66 of which were laboratory confirmed, were reported in Sichuan, China. All infections occurred in backyard farmers who were directly exposed to infection during the slaughtering process of pigs tha...

Subject

Streptococcus suis

Outbreak

Meningitis

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