Valais Blackneck GoatHuman flu, check. Spanish flu, check. Asian flu, check. Hong Kong flu of 1968, check. The 1976 swine flu, check. The H1N1 California flu, check. Avian bird flu, check. Canine flu, check.
The different types of flu just keep coming down the pipe. Introducing, goat flu! Or Q-fever. It has affected a couple of thousand of people in the Netherlands and has killed six (6) people. This is another story that will be tracked throughout this flu pandemic season.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
The different types of flu just keep coming down the pipe. Introducing, goat flu! Or Q-fever. It has affected a couple of thousand of people in the Netherlands and has killed six (6) people. This is another story that will be tracked throughout this flu pandemic season.
An estimated 2,300 people have succumbed to Q-fever this year in the country and six have died.
According to Dutch experts, Q-fever is caused by bacteria released when pregnant goats or sheep have spontaneous abortions.
A relative study shows that many animals can carry this kind of bacteria, but contact with infected goats is believed to be the main source of human infections.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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