YANJIAO, China (Reuters) - Surrounded by tables heaped with racks of ribs, hogs' heads and whole sides of pork, Xiao Xu arguably has one of the riskiest jobs in China.
A particularly deadly strain of the Streptococcus suis bacteria or swine flu has killed 38 people and infected 206 who slaughtered, handled or ate infected hogs in China's southwestern province of Sichuan.
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