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5th March 2014, 10:23 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/chinatown-skin-infection-new-york-raw-fish_n
New Yorkers Warned Of Rare Skin Infection Outbreak Caused By Raw Fish In Chinatown (PHOTOS)
Handling of raw fish at three New York City Chinatown markets has led to anoutbreak of a rare skin infection (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2014/pr006-14.shtml).
The city's health department has identified 30 people with the infection-- caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium marinum-- all of whom handled live or raw seafood at the Chinatown markets in Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
M. marinum, as it's called, can travel from contaminated fish into a human body through a break in the skin, such as a cut. According to the health department, symptoms include "skin lesions, pain and swelling to the hands and arms and even difficulty moving fingers."
These reports always make me suspicious?
more at link
New Yorkers Warned Of Rare Skin Infection Outbreak Caused By Raw Fish In Chinatown (PHOTOS)
Handling of raw fish at three New York City Chinatown markets has led to anoutbreak of a rare skin infection (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2014/pr006-14.shtml).
The city's health department has identified 30 people with the infection-- caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium marinum-- all of whom handled live or raw seafood at the Chinatown markets in Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
M. marinum, as it's called, can travel from contaminated fish into a human body through a break in the skin, such as a cut. According to the health department, symptoms include "skin lesions, pain and swelling to the hands and arms and even difficulty moving fingers."
These reports always make me suspicious?
more at link