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S. China on high alert as pig disease spreads
China's far south is on high alert after one person was killed and three were infected by a pig-borne disease that has killed nearly 40 in the southwest, Reuters cited Xinhua News Agency as reported. The latest victim of the disease, caused by the Streptococcus suis bacterium, had handled infected pork, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The three infected patients, all butchers, also likely had contact with tainted meat. "The Shenzhen patient was engaged in cutting and transporting frozen pork and chicken, while the other three were all butchers," Xinhua said on its English Web site, www.chinaview.cn, citing a report from the Shenzhen Daily. Shenzhen is a booming special economic zone just over the border from Hong Kong. The other infections were found in three areas of surrounding Guangdong, though Xinhua said in a separate report that no cases had been found among pigs in the province. The central government said on Monday it had the disease under control in Sichuan province, the epicentre of the outbreak and China's top pork-producing region.
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