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To: Henry Niman who wrote (695729)	8/8/2005 8:18:50 AM
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Second Pig-Borne Disease Case in China Mon Aug 8, 8:42 AM ET news.yahoo.com Authorities confirmed a second case of a pig-borne illness in southern China's Guangdong province on Monday, while four officials were reportedly fired for mistakes in containing the spread of the infection in another area, where it claimed 39 lives. Chinese authorities have also arrested a couple in the Sichuan province city of Chongqing who were caught with 3,740 pounds of pork from sick pigs, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. It did not say if they pigs were believed to have the same illness. The latest victim, a man who has slaughtered pigs from Guangdong province's Yangjiang town, is hospitalized in serious condition, Hong Kong health authorities said after they were briefed by mainland counterparts. The man's relatives and medical staff working on him have not shown symptoms of infection with streptococcus suis, the type of bacteria blamed for the outbreak, said Hong Kong health department spokeswoman Diana Kam. Meanwhile, four officials were fired over the outbreak in southwestern Sichuan province, where 208 people have been stricken by the illness since June, the China Daily newspaper reported Monday. Thirty-nine have died and 15 remain in critical condition. The China Daily also said that Li Mingzhong, chief of the Animal Husbandry and Food Bureau in Sichuan province's Zizhong county, allegedly claimed that the carcasses of 78 dead pigs were properly disposed of when they had not been. Li and three colleagues were fired, accused of failing to verify that the pigs had been safely buried deeply enough, and of trying to deceive investigators, the report said. It isn't clear if the Guangdong and Sichuan cases are linked. No person-to-person infections have been reported. However, the World Health Organization has urged Chinese health authorities to conduct more tests, because experts say it is highly unusual for so many people to fall sick and die suddenly from the pig disease. Symptoms of infection include high fever, nausea and vomiting, followed by meningitis, bleeding under the skin, toxic shock and coma in severe cases. Some patients also suffered organ failure. Chinese health officials say that the strain of bacteria involved is extremely virulent, and killed one farmer in as little as two hours. They have assured the public the illness is under control. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Copyright © 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.