Gansu: Man who ate marmot dies of bubonic plague

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Published Date 18-JUN-2010
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PLAGUE, BUBONIC, FATAL - CHINA: (GANSU)
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Date: Thu 17 Jun 2010
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A construction worker in Gansu Province died soon after he hunted, cooked,
and ate an infected marmot, the provincial health authority has announced.

The authority announced on Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010, that the man developed a
high fever and swollen lymph glands under his left armpit. He was also
shivering and suffered from fatigue after he ate the animal on Saturday
morning, 13 Jun 2010. He was rushed to the People's Hospital in the Aksai
Kazakh autonomous county and died a few hours later. He was diagnosed with
bubonic plague.

The man was one of the workers building a road from Dunhuang to
Dangjinshan. He hunted a marmot for food near the construction site. A
worker with the project's administrative office confirmed the case to the
Global Times but declined to give details.

The local health authority launched emergency response measures after the
incident by sending experts to disinfect the construction site. "As of
right now, none of those who had close contact with the man shows any
abnormal symptoms," the health authority said in a statement. Health
officials have urged herdsmen, tourists, and workers to stay away from
marmots and their resting place. They also urged residents to inform
authorities if they spot any dead marmots.

[byline: Huang Jingjing]

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[The usual mode of transmission for bubonic plague is via a flea bite.
Bubonic plague is named for the typical "bubo", a very tender _Yersinia
pestis_ infected lymph node. A secondary bacteremia may occur which can
lead to lethal side effects. If pneumonic plague develops, spread from
human-to-human can occur, which can lead to an outbreak of pneumonic plague.

Marmots such as the tarvaga, the tarbagan, or Mongolian marmot, _Marmota
sibirica_, a large rodent related to the American woodchuck (_M. monax_),
are thought to be significant zoonotic reservoirs for _Y. pestis_ in
Eastern Asia. The name marmot (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot>) comes
from French marmotte, from Latin _mures monti_ (or _mus montanus_)
"mountain mouse". - Mod.LL

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Re: Gansu: Man who ate marmot dies of bubonic plague

Gansu road workers were killed prey marmot plague outbreak has been controlled dyeing
2010-06-16 02:20:00
Marmot predators at the site of having a disease, the epidemic has been effectively controlled

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health informed yesterday, said in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, Kazak Autonomous County of bubonic plague epidemic occurred, the patient died from. Epidemic has been effectively controlled.

Incidence of predation of otter road workers

According to reports, the deaths were a 41-year-old man, happy people in Gansu Zhangye County, Department of Jinshan Road when the road from Dunhuang to workers at the site due to the incidence of having a predator marmot.

June 12 morning, the people were to Axe the county hospital, was manifested as chills, fatigue, high fever and left axillary lymph nodes. Hospital for the first time to consider suspected cases of plague, CDC report immediately to the Aksai County, and patients treated in isolation. 12:45 the same day, the patient died from.

Gansu Province Health Department reported that, according to clinical and epidemiological investigation, clinical manifestations and laboratory test results, were finally diagnosed as bubonic plague secondary to sepsis type of plague cases.

Close contacts is not unusual

After the outbreak of Gansu Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government and the Ministry of Health attaches great importance to the provincial, city and county immediately start emergency response measures to organize the dispatch of experts to the scene to carry out traffic quarantine, epidemiological investigation, contact tracing, management, epidemic point of disinfection, health education, comprehensive prevention and control measures.

Ministry of Health show that as of now, all close contacts did not have clinical abnormalities and found no new cases, the epidemic has been effectively controlled. The local government has taken temporary traffic quarantine measures, adequate protection of local materials, mass emotional stability, the normal order of production and life.

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Plague is a "Communicable Disease Prevention Act" provisions of the Group of infectious diseases, is caused by the plague bacillus deadly infectious diseases. Health authorities are warning that, into the natural foci of plague to work or live, must be no contact, no hunting, no peeling food disease (death) marmot and other diseases (dead) animals; marmot hole is not sitting or lying around the rest to prevent flea bites; not plague patients or suspected plague patients to visit the home care or condolence. http://news.southcn.com/c/2010-06/16...t_12903118.htm

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A construction worker in Gansu Province died soon after he hunted, cooked and ate an infected marmot, the provincial health authority announced. The authority announced Tuesday that the man surnamed Wang suffered from a high fever and the lymph nodes under his left armpit were swollen. He was also shivering and suffered from fatigue after he ate the animal Saturday morning. He was rushed to the People's Hospital in the Aksai Kazakh autonomous county and died a few hours later. He was diagnosed with the bubonic plague. Bubonic plague is an infection that enters through the skin and travels through the lymphatics. It can be transmitted after one is bitten by rats, marmots or from eating infected animals. Wang, 41, from Minle county, Zhangye, Gansu, was one of the workers building a 120-kilometer long road from Dunhuang to Dangjinshan. He hunted a marmot, a large squirrel, for food near the construction site. A worker with the project's administrative office confirmed the case to the Global Times Wednesday but declined to give details. Calls to the person in charge of the project went unanswered Wednesday. The local health authority launched emergency response measures after the incident by sending experts to disinfecting the construction site.

"As of right now, none of those who had close contact with Wang shows any abnormal symptoms, and the plague is under effective control," the health authority said in a statement. A worker surnamed Sa from the health authority said the prevention of the marmot plague is one of their major tasks. Health officials have urged herdsmen, tourists and workers to get away from marmots and their resting place. They also urged residents to inform authorities if they spot any dead marmots. Whenever a case is discovered, people who have had close contact with the infected person should be isolated for observation for two weeks, and the animals within a certain region should be killed, she said. Some local residents said they were unaware of the plague. "We know little about the warnings from the authorities. I think I should know more about that. So next time when we take tourists around the city, we can give them some warning," Fu Ming, a travel agent in Dunhuang, told the Global Times. An oil explorer surnamed Li from the city said locals consider it a taboo to eat marmots. "We all know in childhood that marmots are poisonous, and people who eat them will die," he said. In a monthly newsletter issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiuquan, two of 19 marmots whose deaths were reported last month had the plague. Due to a fear of the plague, marmot hunting, sales and transportation are restricted or banned.