New virus in Africa looks like rabies, acts like Ebola

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A virus that killed two teenagers in Congo in 2009 is a completely new type, related to rabies but
causing the bleeding and rapid death that makes Ebola infection so terrifying, scientists reported
on Thursday. They’re searching for the source of the virus, which may be transmitted by insects
or bats.

The new virus is being named Bas-Congo virus, for the area where it was found. Researchers are
finding more and more of these new viruses, in part because new tests make it possible, but also
in the hope of better understanding them so they can prevent pandemics of deadly disease.

The virus infected a 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl in the same village in Congo in 2009.
They didn’t stand a chance, says Joseph Fair of Metabiota, a company that investigates pathogens.

“They expired within three days,” Fair said in a telephone interview. “It was a very rapid killer.”

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Aids also came out of africa.......its not called dark continent for nothing

 

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Aids also came out of africa.......its not called dark continent for nothing

Yes, but how does a virus typically associates with dog and one typically relates to monkey comes together:*:

 

[Microsoft]

Happen in 2009...now then realise its a new virus...wat happen during tis 3...almost 4 yrs lapse?

 

[Microsoft]

Found de ans...

The three known cases of Bas-Congo fever actually occurred three years ago. But tissue samples from the victims languished in a laboratory freezer in Kinshasa until an astute doctor called the cases to Fair's attention.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/201...catch-deadly-african-virus-just-as-it-emerges

 

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Found de ans...

The three known cases of Bas-Congo fever actually occurred three years ago. But tissue samples from the victims languished in a laboratory freezer in Kinshasa until an astute doctor called the cases to Fair's attention.

Thanks for the update Dear!

Cheers

 

[roadrunner]

Aids also came out of africa.......its not called dark continent for nothing

you've been reading too much joseph conrad my friend.

Bas Congo has another claim to fame. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Evolution-in-the-Deepest-River-in-the-World.html anywhere that is so isolated harbours secrets that science has yet to discover let alone understand!