Echinococcosis -- China
Doctors and vets are working to control an outbreak of echinococcosis, or hydatid disease, a fatal parasitic disease affecting several Chinese herding communities.
It mainly affects herding areas in Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet and Xinjiang. In 2012, about 50 million people were under threat from the disease, which the government aims to get under control by 2020.
"People can easily be infected by drinking contaminated water or through contact with infected
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/29fu4o2
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