RE: Re: OT Mystery virus traced to wild mouse

[Guest guest]

All four victims showed " flu-like " symptoms first. Interesting revelation

below!

Ingrid

JAMA

Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons

Medical and Public Health Management

Luciana Borio, MD; Inglesby, MD; C. J. s, MD; Alan L.

Schmaljohn, PhD; M. , MD; B. Jahrling, PhD;

Ksiazek, DVM, PhD; Karl M. , MD; Meyerhoff, MD; Tara O'Toole,

MD, MPH; S. Ascher, MD; Bartlett, MD; G. Breman, MD, DTPH;

M. Eitzen, Jr, MD, MPH; Margaret Hamburg, MD; Jerry Hauer, MPH; D. A.

, MD, MPH; T. , MD; Gigi Kwik, PhD; Marci Layton,

MD; Lillibridge, MD; J. Nabel, MD, PhD; T. Osterholm,

PhD, MPH; Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc; Philip , MD; Tonat, DrPH,

MPH; for the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense

Conclusions

Weapons disseminating a number of HFVs could cause an outbreak of an

undifferentiated febrile illness 2 to 21 days later, associated with

clinical manifestations that could include rash, hemorrhagic diathesis, and

shock. The mode of transmission and clinical course would vary depending on

the specific pathogen. Diagnosis may be delayed given clinicians'

unfamiliarity with these diseases, heterogeneous clinical presentation

within an infected cohort, and lack of widely available diagnostic tests.

Initiation of ribavirin therapy in the early phases of illness may be useful

in treatment of some of these viruses, although extensive experience is

lacking.

There are no licensed vaccines to treat the diseases caused by HFVs.

source

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/18/2391

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I could see the C.D.C being the true RODENTS here! Laurie

>

> I don't buy that nonsense! Although, the rat poison industry will be

> booming! IF it can be linked to a rodent, why not investigate first

what

> " research " is currently been conducted in the various research labs

and

> whether some of their mice/rates did the great Houdini act. Equally

> suspicious is the fact that " experts " from the United States were

flown to

> South Africa and that the CDC got involved!

> Ingrid

>

> http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent & global[_id]=14696

>

> Mystery virus traced to wild mouse

> 12 Oct 2008

> Sapa

>

> Johannesburg — The mystery viral haemorrhagic fever that has killed

three

> people in South Africa has been provisionally identified as an

arenavirus,

> the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the

Health

> Department said yesterday.

>

> " The causative agent of the disease … may be a rodent-borne

arenavirus

> related to the lassa fever virus of West Africa, " said the NICD's

Dr Lucille

> Blumberg.

>

> She said tests done by the NICD and the Centres for Disease Control

in the

> United States indicate that the disease is a kind of arenavirus.

>

> Arenaviruses cause chronic infections in multimammatic mice. This

kind of

> wild mouse excretes the virus in its urine, which can then

contaminate human

> food or house dust.

>

> Viruses similar to the lassa fever virus have been found in rodents

in

> Africa, but beyond West Africa they have not been found to cause

diseases in

> humans.

>

> Therefore, further tests still need to be done to find out whether

the

> current strain is an undiscovered form of the arenavirus and what

its

> distribution is.

>

> Blumberg said a female nurse and a male paramedic are in isolation

after

> they had been in contact with patients who died from the illness.

>

> The paramedic has since been diagnosed with kidney stones.

>

> Blumberg said it is " less likely " the he has the virus.

>

> The nurse is " highly suspect " and is receiving anti-viral

medication, but is

> stable.

>

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