Other Killer viruses (was: Re: 212 Ebola messages in my mailbox...

[charles hobbs]

In a previous article, fmzerbini at UCDAVIS.EDU (Francisco Muril Zerbini) says:

>
>...and only 3 deal with what is, to me, the most important question 
>regarding Ebola: where does it come from ???? What's its natural host, 
>and how does it jump from the natural host to humans ?
>
>I think there are a bunch of viruses out there that are at least as nasty
>as Ebola: Lassa, Machupo, Junin, Muerto Canyon. But for some reason people
>don't seem do be as afraid of these as they are of Ebola.

I haven't heard of any of those others (except, someone mentioned
Lassa Fever a few messages ago). What are they and what do they do to
humans?