Vietnamese cholera outbreak from dog meat

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2009:

 

 

Vietnamese cholera outbreak from dog meat

 

HANOI--The National Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology on

May 18, 2009 temporarily closed at least a dozen dog slaughterhouses.

" Samples of dog meat, both cooked and uncooked, from the Ha

Dong district of Hanoi tested positive for the cholera bacterium, "

The Youth newspaper reported. Nine northern Vietnamese provinces

have had recent cholera outbreaks. Bureau of Preventive Health chief

Nguyen Huy Nga warned on May 15 that up to 70% of the patients became

ill after eating dog meat.

The cholera outbreaks came two months after two Hanoi-based

national health institutes linked a pair of human rabies deaths to

eating dogs.

 

 

 

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