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Brucellosis: New infection in China; thousands test positive

The Health Commission of Lanzhou announced that 3,245 people had contracted the disease brucellosis. This outbreak began from a leak at the Zhongmu Lanzhou biological pharmaceutical factory, which occurred between late July to late August last year.

The disease is often caused by contact with livestock carrying the bacteria Brucella. Human-to-human transmission is extremely rare. Instead, most people are infected by eating contaminated food or breathing in the bacteria.