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Thursday, August 04, 2005
Pig Strep
CNN reports on the mysterious outbreak of Streptococcus suis among humans in China:
While not uncommon in pigs, streptococcus suis is seldom seen in people and never dozens of cases all at once -- raising bigger questions about whether the germ has mixed with some other bacteria or virus.
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