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2005-04-04 Africa: Subsaharan

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Posted by phil_b 2005-04-04 4:36:48 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Latest reports are 150 dead.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-04 7:09:48 AM|| 2005-04-04 7:09:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This should be designated Marburg-B or Marburg Angola. The 100% fatality rate is 70% higher than the original outbreak - and makes it unique, now.

"a good possibility that Marburg has recombined and picked up some additional genetic information"

I have no doubt, given the spread and kill rates, that this will be found to be true. This mofo is something new.

Posted by .com 2005-04-04 7:10:19 AM|| 2005-04-04 7:10:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This could get real nasty.Read a novel awhile back("War in 2020")that talked about a new disease that virtually wipes out Africa.Scary scenario.

Posted by raptor 2005-04-04 12:19:18 PM|| 2005-04-04 12:19:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Runcimans disease". It also had microwaves that would permanently scramble brains without killing the victim. Great book, but scary as hell.

Posted by tu3031 2005-04-04 12:27:42 PM|| 2005-04-04 12:27:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The only good news, if we can call it that, is that both Marburg and Ebola kill so quickly, and victims become symptomatic so quickly after infection, that there is relatively little time for either to spread outside the immediate region of infection.

Posted by Steve White 2005-04-04 2:39:45 PM|| 2005-04-04 2:39:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Angolan health minister Sebastiao Veloso said the toll climbed to "175 cases, among them 155 dead, all from the province of Uige"

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-04 5:15:58 PM|| 2005-04-04 5:15:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Note to self: cancel summer vacation in Uige

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-04 5:18:57 PM|| 2005-04-04 5:18:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "War in 2020" was a fun book. Very interesting when they were "torturing" the computer.

Posted by Sgt.D.T. 2005-04-04 5:21:33 PM|| 2005-04-04 5:21:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 This website will keep you awake at night: http://www.recombinomics.com/ Look at "What's New" and "In the News".

Posted by RWV 2005-04-04 10:14:50 PM|| 2005-04-04 10:14:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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