cheesedanish
22-08-2007, 07:56 AM
Heard on today's news that they discovered the Fruit Bat
is responsible for the Mahburg Virus - to read the story here (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20070821214302992C591660).
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a deadly haemorrhagic fever related to the Ebola virus
A major outbreak of Marburg occurred among gold miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1998 and 2000, killing 128 of 154 people infected. An outbreak in Uige, Angola, in 2004-05 killed 150 people among 163 cases.
Ebola has also infected gorillas.
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for either disease, which cause a severe headache and fever followed by rapid debilitation. Death can follow within eight to nine days.
Do you think the Fruit Bats are the source?
is responsible for the Mahburg Virus - to read the story here (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20070821214302992C591660).
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a deadly haemorrhagic fever related to the Ebola virus
A major outbreak of Marburg occurred among gold miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1998 and 2000, killing 128 of 154 people infected. An outbreak in Uige, Angola, in 2004-05 killed 150 people among 163 cases.
Ebola has also infected gorillas.
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for either disease, which cause a severe headache and fever followed by rapid debilitation. Death can follow within eight to nine days.
Do you think the Fruit Bats are the source?