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Parasitic Outbreak

December 21, 2017;

The Chinese state media Xinhua has reported an outbreak of parasitic tapeworm infestation in the Tibet Autonomous Region. After screening around 3 million people, 30,000 cases of hydatid disease (Echinococcosis), which can be fatal, have been confirmed. A screening and treatment programme has found cases in the herding areas of China’s Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet and Xinjiang. The tapeworm carried by dogs.

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