LENGKONG,AYOBANDUNG.WITH — The world today is still shaking under the pandemic Covid-19, however disease new infectious bacteria, Brucellosis, gradually started to become a serious problem.
Thousands of people have tested positive for the bacteria in northwest China. Lanzhou National Health Commission (NHC), capital of Gansu province, recently confirmed 3,245 people had been infected disease and 1,401 others tested positive.
Luckily, so far there have been no reports of casualties.
Disease this is also reported to go to India and started attacking humans and animals. Scientists fear this could turn into a pandemic that could be much more severe than that corona virus new.
What is that Brucellosis?
Brucellosis caused by a group of bacteria belonging to the genus Brucella, which can attack animals and humans.
It usually spreads to people through direct contact with infected animal fluids, eating raw or unpasteurized dairy products, or breathing contaminated air.
According to the Center for Control and Prevention Disease (CDC), human-to-human transmission is extremely rare. Human infections are mostly caused by eating contaminated food or inhaling bacteria, which appears to be the case in Lanzhou.
But it can also be spread through sexual contact, and from a nursing mother to her baby. Severe cuts or scrapes on the skin can also make a person susceptible to infection, reports The Health Site.
Plague brucellosis it is believed to be caused by a leak at the Lanzhou Zhngmu pharmaceutical plant, which occurred between late July and late August last year.
The factory allegedly used expired disinfectants and cleaners when producing the Brucella vaccine for animal use. This causes some bacteria to leak in the waste gas.
With the increasing number of cases in China, scientists India stressed the need for testing brucellosis broad as it is corona virus to prevent another pandemic.
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