Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Conjunctivitis Breakout in China Causes Tension between CDC and Chinese Nationalist Party

Authorities from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) slammed the doors on the CDC yesterday, accusing them of not taking a conjunctivitis outbreak that infected over 10,000 students seriously (conjunctivitis is more commonly known as pinkeye, and in this case was caused by Coxackievirus type 24, an enterovirus).

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