Henan villagers hit by tick-borne disease
By Xiang Mingchao | China Daily | Updated: 2010-09-09 08:01
The wife (Top) of Bao Xiangyi, a villager from Henan province who died nine days after being bitten in May by a tick (shown in the photo above), holds his photo in grief on Aug 24. Sun Xuyang / for China Daily |
SHANGCHENG, Henan - Fear has broken out in Shangcheng county, Henan province, after the outbreak of an unspecified tick-borne illness that has infected 119 people since January.
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