PRO/AH/EDR> Streptococcus suis – Viet Nam: (Thai Binh) human, fatal, alert

Strep — Worldwide/Unknown
A man from Thai Binh Province has been killed by a swine bacteria infection after eating tiet canh (blood pudding) after doctors and scientists issued many warnings against the danger posed by the traditional dish made from uncooked pig blood. According to his family, they slaughtered a “healthy” pig they bred at home to celebrate Tet, Vietnam’s biggest holiday, on January 28, and made tiet canh with its blood.
One day after eating the dish, the 48-year-old man had high fever, shivers and