Ebola, _POSSIBLE_ international outbreak

[steve tichy]

In <dbach.166.0027264F at julian.uwo.ca> dbach at julian.uwo.ca (Daniel Bach)
writes: 
>
>Using info peiced together from The Ebola Page made by David Ornstein
>(http://ichiban.objarts.com/ebola/ebola.html).  It looks as if we
_MAY_ have 
>an international outbreak. I base this on this statement:
>" Two sisters of suspected Ebola victim Flora Rondi are in isolation
at 
>Maggiore Hospital in Bergeamo, Italy on Thursday (May 11) 
>The two women recently returned from Zaire after visiting the now dead
nun, 
>Sister Floralba Rondi aged 71 of the Little Sisters of Bergeamo order,
died on 
>April 25."
>
>We have to remember that the Nuns returned _BEFORE_ the story broke on
May 9.
>
>Also, when the nuns that died in Ziare, were burried by their
families.  
>Suported by:
>"Transcript from RTL-4 Dutch TV station: In the Masengo hospital an
Italian nun died
> of Ebola, after possibly being infected in Kikwit. Follow up from
Dutch TV: 
>The nun who has died was apparently buried by relatives or friends
from 
>Belgium. These people travelled back to Belgium shortly thereafter and
were 
>placed inquarantaine there."
>Again _BEFORE_ the story broke.
>
>According to 'Bogleb' (see ####Ebola Outbrake 1995### on sci.med)
these people 
>flew back on _commercial_ flights.
>
>So IF they are affected (odds are in that favour), than we have
possible 
>outbrakes in the middle of Europe.  And it's spring, about the time
when 
>North American-european starts to rise.
>
>Have a nice day!!
>
>Daniel Bach


     I HAVEN'T heard anything about these two sisters spreading Ebola
in Italy.  The only report I have heard was, they were placed in
isolation.


Veneta Tichy
tichysr at ix.netcom.com