Ziyang

Ziyang (Simplified Chinese: 资阳; Traditional Chinese: 資陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Zīyáng; Wade-Giles: Tzu-yang) prefecture-level city in the Sichuan Province, in south central China, with more than 100,000 inhabitants. In July of 2005, 17 farm workers in neighboring villages died from a mysterious outbreak, and 58 more were infected. Foreign officials suspected Bird Flu and were worried it might be spread there by migratory birds. Chinese researchers, however, believe Streptococcus suis, spread by pigs, to be the culprit.