Experts pinpoint virus in unknown disease in SW China
Doctors check a mysterious disease patient in a hospital ward in Ziyang of southwest China's Sichuan Province July 25, 2005. About 20 people affected by the similar virus are under intense supervision in the hospital. Preliminary investigation shows the unknown disease in the province was caused by a kind of a swine virus known as streptococcus II. The province has reported 80 cases of the infection as of Monday, including 67 confirmed cases and 13 suspected. Nineteen people have been reported dead and 17 people are in critical condition. Four have been discharged from hospital, according to the Ministry of Health.
Doctors check a mysterious disease patient in a hospital ward in Ziyang of southwest China's Sichuan Province July 25, 2005. About 20 people affected by the similar virus are under intense supervision in the hospital. Preliminary investigation shows the unknown disease in the province was caused by a kind of a swine virus known as streptococcus II.
A mysterious disease patient receives medical treatment in a hospital in Ziyang of southwest China's Sichuan Province July 25, 2005. About 20 people affected by the similar virus are under intense supervision in the hospital. Preliminary investigation shows the unknown disease in the province was caused by a kind of a swine virus known as streptococosis II.
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