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Small TB outbreak traced to raw milk
Small TB outbreak traced to raw milk
<!-- BODY BEGIN -->BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain say an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis appears to have started with a man who drank raw milk.
Seven people are known to have contracted the infection in Birmingham, England, The Independent reported, and one died. Officials say that the outbreak appears to have been stopped.
Peter Hawkey of the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital said the seven victims were part of a "complex social web" with two of them being romantically involved. Three of the six appear to have been infected at a nightclub.
The victims were also suffering from other diseases that made them vulnerable to infection.
No new cases have been reported since February.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/inde...britain-tb.xml
<!-- BODY BEGIN -->BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain say an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis appears to have started with a man who drank raw milk.
Seven people are known to have contracted the infection in Birmingham, England, The Independent reported, and one died. Officials say that the outbreak appears to have been stopped.
Peter Hawkey of the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital said the seven victims were part of a "complex social web" with two of them being romantically involved. Three of the six appear to have been infected at a nightclub.
The victims were also suffering from other diseases that made them vulnerable to infection.
No new cases have been reported since February.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/inde...britain-tb.xml