Ebola outbreak in Zaire

[Paul Repacholi]

In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950512151906.28617C-100000 at verdi> Sir Joseph of Greenwood <jgood at nmsu.edu> writes:

> > 05-10-95, 9:46 AM:  Reuters reports that an Italian missionary says a
> > fever with Ebola-like symptoms wiped out two villages in the Azande
> > region of southern Sudan last year.  The missionary told Reuters that
> > about 200 people died in the the Sudan's Nzara district last year; he
> > also said that Nzara had a similar outbreak years before.
> 
> Now, it is statements like that that spook me.  The tales of various 
> villages that have been wiped out.

Sigh... The others where the 1976 outbreak that was the first
recognised E zaire epidemic. It was spread by needles in a clinic
used HUNDREDS of times over.

Note please people, that this out break is, from the reports, very
closely liked again to the medical facilities. Many of the victims
work in a hospital, or contacted the virus there in the early days
of the epidemic.  Now that better controll measure are in place,
the numbers should plummet at the end of this week or so.

As to news etc, just try phoning ANYWHERE in Zaire ;-) You may be
in for a little real world experience.

Also, while you are waiting for the call to get through, get a copy
of " The Coming Plague " and read it all, plus the refs.

BTW, re the air bourne transmission of E reston, can anyone give
a definitive reference or contact on that one?

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~Paul
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