China villagers ignorant of pig disease

Posted on August 14, 2005 11:49 AM | | Comments (0)

By Nick Mackie
BBC News, eastern Sichuan

Once through the toll booths on the main highway, the first roadside billboard in Sichuan is somewhat surprising.

It tells incoming drivers they are entering a "disease free zone", a model for the nation.

But far from being disease free, this area has become a death zone.

A disease caused by the pig-borne bacterium streptococcus suis has now killed more than 35 people, with nearly 200 others infected.

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