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Rift Valley Fever | CDC  Nov 14, 2013 ... The disease is caused by RVF virus (RVFV), a member of the genus ... In September 2000, a RVF outbreak was reported in Saudi Arabia ... This outbreak represents the first cases of Rift Valley fever identified outside Africa.
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Mobile Animals and Disease - Infectious Disease Movement in a ...  Reiter, who captured the first specimen of the mosquito species Aedes ..... United States imported more than 1.1 billion live animals from 2000 to 2004. .... Outside the forest, inter-human transmission can continue if suitable vectors are present. ..... Rift Valley fever virus is a zoonotic mosquito-borne pathogen that primarily...
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Rift Valley fever - Epizone  Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also has ... 2000, RVF cases were confirmed inSaudi ArabiaandYemen, marking the first reported occurrence of the disease outside the African continent and raising...
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WHO | Rift Valley fever  WHO fact sheet on Rift Valley fever. ... Following infected livestock trade from the horn of Africa, RVF spread in September 2000 to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, marking the first reported occurrence of the disease outside the African continent and ... with the appearance of antibodies and the virus disappears from the blood.
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Paul Salopek of Chicago Tribune - The Pulitzer Prizes  Africa  The Ailing Continent: Plagues of old reclaim continent ... At first glance, their insanity almost seems understandable, the human fallout .... To make matters worse, some of the drugs are antique -- and highly toxic. ... 2000, Chicago Tribune ..... fever (spread by rats), yellow fever (an urban disease), Rift Valley fever (a...
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins ... - Goodreads  The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus .... Ebola from its first appearances in the rain forests of Africa to its one outbreak in the .... It's as well-written as most medical thrillers, and nicely paced. ..... Specifically, this book documents the time when Ebola snuck its way into Washington DC. Ebola...
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The most unusual illnesses you wouldn't expect to get while on ...  Mar 26, 2015 ... It's as important as packing your best clothes or buying local ... Symptoms of Ross River virus, which is spread through mosquitoes, .... rivers. There have been cases reported in Dominican Republic holiday resorts, as well as tourist hotspots in ... If you don't get proper treatment, the disease can recur so you...
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What is Valley Fever?  Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis, or cocci) is caused by the soil-dwelling fungus, Coccidioides immitis. The tiny seeds, or spores, become wind-borne and are inhaled into the lungs, where the infection starts.
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Sunday Gazette-Mail from Charleston, West Virginia  Page 68  May 14, 1972 ... "Farmer Phipps' cow has cowpox," she told him quickly and with a grin. ... He was about to make the first smallpox Vaccination. ... Jenner had grown more and more convinced from his investigations that he was on the .... a grateful British Parliament a grant of 10,000 pounds Sterling, then a further 10,000.
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The Hot Zone - Wikipedia  The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story is a best-selling 1995 nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral ... The EVD outbreaks caused by EBOV and its cousin, Sudan virus (SUDV) are ... In Reston, Virginia, less than fifteen miles (24 km) away from Washington, DC, a company called...
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Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution of People and ...  Jan 28, 1996 ... As Wilma strolled through the noise and bustle, she suddenly saw the ... An astonishing one hundred and twenty shantytowns like Belen are grouped .... The plagues that result from ecological disturbance make up only a small part ... At the end of the book we will explore how these endemic diseases have...
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins ... - Amazon.com  The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ... chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, .... With its crisp language and pacing, THE HOT ZONE reads like an expert thriller novel, ... It tells how all fluids of ebola patients (including monkeys), rooms, toilets,...
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How Ebola Got Its Name - Live Science  Oct 9, 2014 ... The Ebola virus that's causing the devastating outbreak in West Africa ... among villagers in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... This aerial photograph shows the small village of Yambuku in Zaire, ... who suggested naming the virus after a river, to tone down the emphasis on a particular place.
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'People are still scared of expressing themselves' - Canada.com  Feb 17, 2008 ... During the 1975 invasion of her country by Indonesian forces led by ... So Bella was suspicious when the visitors to her class pulled out ... As a teenager, she got involved with the underground resistance, ... In fact, after each wave of violence, Galhos stepped up efforts to free East Timor from Suharto's grip.
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Morgellons Disease - A Crime of Silence - Viewzone  If you have ever watched horror movies, you've probably seen one where a person ... thousands of people on every continent (except Greenland) have contracted a ... After being frustrated with the treatment of her young child who had these ... Scientists have observed that certain marine organisms like jellyfish have the...
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The Deadly Virus That's Spreading Faster Than Malaria or West Nile ...  Mar 14, 2013 ... The Deadly Virus That's Spreading Faster Than Malaria or West Nile ... rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the worldfaster than West ... Rico, Europe is now facing its first dengue outbreak since the 1920s; the...
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Creepy clowns are scaring people in multiple states - Fox 4 Now ...  Sep 24, 2016 ... ... have reported scary or suspicious encounters with people dressed like ... to Miami murder case - Fox 4 Now WFTX Fort Myers/Cape Coral...
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Think the World Has Beat AIDS? Think Again. | Best Countries | US ...  Jul 15, 2016 ... DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: Demonstrators hold banners 09 July 2000 in ... took place in South Africa, the country was in a severe health crisis. ... and the country has nearly 3.4 million people on treatment, more ... in new HIV infections, with more than 80 percent of new cases coming ... Read More Articles...
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Barefoot in San Salvador: The Soccer War  Affad Shaikh  Aug 8, 2015 ... I just had a few spare moments in San Salvador, El Salvador and at the ... in Qatar speak to the dirty dark side of the international sporting event. In fact, in 1969 Central America eruptted into war between Honduras and El Salvador ... This war was called the Soccer War because the sparks that set off the...
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Jeopary Questions page 2254 - THE THIRD WORLD - TriviaBistro.com  THE BIBLE: The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"  GREAT DAMES: This Maori diva from New...
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WHO | Smallpox  Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by Variola virus, a member of the ... It was declared eradicated in 1980 following a global immunization...