Bacterial disease outbreak in china which make men infertile

 

As the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease name Brucellosis in an outbreak caused by a leak at a biopharmaceutical company last year. Said by the Health Commission of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province.

 

In this infection, some symptoms like recurrent fevers, chronic fatigue, swelling of the heart or arthritis are expected to never go away and reoccur in patients who have tested positive, according to the US’ CDC

 

In rare cases, this disease can also serious symptoms such as infertility in men, encephalitis and meningitis.

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How it’s Spread

Brucellosis or Malta fever or Mediterranean fever is a bacterial disease that mostly infects cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. 

Humans can get infected by this disease by being in direct contact with these livestock animals. There can also be a human to human transmission of this infection if a person eats the infected food, such as infected and unpasteurized milk or cheese or inhaling the airborne agents of the disease.

 

What are the symptoms of this disease?

Symptoms of this disease include fever, sweats, malaise, anorexia, and headache and muscle pain. There are some symptoms that might eventually disappear, but some can also stay forever such as recurrent fevers, arthritis, swelling of the testicles and scrotum area, swelling of the heart, neurologic symptoms, chronic fatigue, depression and swelling of the liver or spleen.

In rare cases, this disease can also serious symptoms such as infertility in men, encephalitis and meningitis.