Disease outbreaks will increase as per ZetaTalk

 

Taking Sick

On Jan 15, 1998 ZetaTalk stated that Illness will increase as Planet X approaches.  Zetas right again !!!

ZetaTalk: Take Sick, written Feb 15, 1998.
Increasingly, as the pole shift nears, the populace will take sick. This will take the form of known illnesses occurring more frequently, seemingly depressed immune systems, but will also appear as new and puzzling illnesses not seen before in the memory of man. What is going on here?

The changes at the core of the Earth that have resulted in El Nino weather patterns and white buffalo and deformed frogs also affect man. The germs are on the move. Their carriers are on the move. And thus humans are exposed to diseases that are so rare as to be undocumented in medical journals.

You will see increasing illness, odd illnesses, microbes that travel because an insect is scattering about and spreading germs in places where it normally doesn't travel. 90% of all the illness and distress you're going to see is a natural situation, a natural occurrence. Because of the changing, swirling in the core of the Earth, and this will continue to up-tick until the pole shift.

And reiterated in 1999

ZetaTalk: Next 3 1/2 Years, written Sep 15, 1999.
Sickness will slightly increase from where it is today. There is a lot of illness now because people who are already unstable are unable to take the turmoil caused by the increased emanations from the Earth. Some of them have simply sensed what is coming and have decided to die. This is true of animals as well as humans. Sickness will increase, but not to the point where it is going to get exponentially worse.

On Feb 2, 2000 a Washington report confirmed this increase, and published concerns were subsequently reported.

Diseases From Around World Threatening U.S.
Reuters, Feb 2, 2000
30 New Diseases Make Global Debut
At least 30 previously unknown diseases have appeared globally since 1973, including HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C, Ebola haemorrhagic fever and the encephalitis-related Nipah virus that emerged in Indonesia. Twenty well-known infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera have re-emerged or spread since 1973.
  
Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
Scientific American, August 2000
Notably, computer models predict that global warming, and other climate alterations it induces, will expand the incidence and distribution of many serious medical disorders. Disturbingly, these forecasts seem to be coming true.

And since this time, SARS and increased incidence of flesh eating disease,
and entire cruise ships regularly returning to port with the passengers ill with stomach flu have been reported.
Depressed immune systems?
Zetas RIGHT Again!

After the pole shift, there will be many opportunistic diseases that will afflict mankind. This does not require an imagination, as today they afflict mankind after disasters. The primary affliction will be from sewage laden water, which will pollute the drinking water man is forced to use. We have been adamant about mankind distilling their drinking water after the pole shift for this reason. Distillation removes heavy metals as well as killing microbes by the boiling process. Any disease that flourishes in malnourished bodies and in areas of poor hygiene will take advantage of the pole shift disasters. Scurvy due to lack of Vitamin C will occur, with bleeding gums and even death if not corrected. Many weeds are high in Vitamin C and survivors should arm themselves with knowledge about the vitamin content of weeds. Unprotected sex by survivors either taking advantage of the weak, as in rape, or by simple distraction and grief and a lack of contraceptive devices will spread AIDS and hepatitis. Morgellons, which is caused by a synergy of parasites and microbes when the immune system is low will likely increase. There will be outbreaks of diseases which were endemic in the past, such as small pox or measles, but in those survivor communities where the members have been immunized in the past these will be limited and quarantines can help in this regard.

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/20no2010.htm

 

Chile battles youth unrest and typhoid fever outbreak

September 15, 2011SANTIAGOChile’s problems dealing with youth unrest over slow education reforms are being compounded by concerns the capital may be in the grip of a typhoid fever outbreak. The government has battled to enforce restraint on law enforcement agencies amid angry student-led protests, which have disrupted urban centers across the country for more than a month. The reforms demanded by youth groups are nowhere near being implemented and protests continue to simmer with support from teachers and workers unions. Now authorities are faced with the more immediate risk of typhoid. Health authorities issued repeated alerts for tougher hygiene checks and controls after they found several people infected and seriously ill with typhoid in the western metropolitan area of Santiago. At least seven cases were confirmed by the Public Health Institute but there were no immediate reports of fatalities. “Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease triggered by a salmonella bacteria strain,” Institute Director Maria Teresa Valenzuela said. In most cases the infection is caused by consumption of contaminated food and drink or fruit and vegetables grown in areas where contaminated water is used in irrigation. Typhoid fever produces symptoms of high fever, diarrhea or intense headaches. The Santiago region has been prone to typhoid outbreaks since the 1990s when incidence of the disease caused up to 190 cases a year.

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/chile-battles...

Epidemic Hazard in India on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.

Description
The Department of Health and Family Welfare has informed that it had received a message through telephone on 12th September 2011 of an outbreak of fever of unknown cause leading to three deaths at Poilwa village, Peren District. Immediately the State Rapid Response Team (RRT) of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), Nagaland, comprising of Dr. John Kemp (State Surveillance Officer), Dr. Sao Tunyi (Epidemiologist), Dr. Kevisevolie Sekhose (Epidemiologist), and Venezo Vasa (Entomologist) conducted an outbreak investigation at Poilwa village. The team collected three samples from suspected cases out of which all the three were tested positive for Scrub Typhus. Till date, there are 9 cases with 3 deaths. This was stated in a official press note issued by Dr. Imtimeren Jamir, the Principal Director, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. Scrub Typhus is Rickettsial disease caused Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by the bite of mite called Leptotrombidium deliense. In Nagaland, it was formerly detected by IDSP with Central Surveillance Team at Longsa village Mokokchung in 2006, and in Porba village of Phek District in 2007. The State RRT team carried out the outbreak investigation along with doing and entomological survey. The patients were treated with appropriate medicines and awareness and preventive measures were communicated with the villagers. The concerned local health authorities and programs are informed for further necessary action. The mop-up operation is being carried out by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program.
Biohazard name: Typhus (Scrub)
Biohazard level: 3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.: Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms: - After bite by infected mite larvae called chiggers, papule develops at the biting site which ulcerates and eventually heals with the development of a black eschar. - Patients develop sudden fever with headache, weakness, myalgia, generalized enlargement of lymph nodes, photophobia, and dry cough. - A week later, rash appears on the trunk, then on the extremities, and turns pale within a few days. - Symptoms generally disappear after two weeks even without treatment. - However, in severe cases with Pneumonia and Myocarditis, mortality may reach 30% Diagnosis - The most commonly used test for diagnosis is Wel-Felix Test, which is available at State IDSP laboratory, Kohima. - More specific serological tests like detection of IgM can also be done for diagnosis.
Status:

confirmed

 

Turns out, the plague isn't just ancient history. New Mexico health officials recently confirmed the first human case of bubonic plague — previously known as the "Black Death" — to surface in the U.S. in 2011. 

An unidentified 58-year-old man was hospitalized for a week after suffering from a high fever, pain in his abdomen and groin, and swollen lymph nodes, reports the New York Daily News. (Officials declined to say when the man was released from the hospital.) A blood sample from the man tested positive for the disease.

http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/10/first-case-of-bubonic-plague-...

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:33 (03:33 AM) UTC.

Description
Umatilla County health officials today confirmed a case of plague in an adult male county resident. He may have been infected while hunting in Lake County, noted Sharon Waldern, clinic supervisor for the county’s public health department. “Lake County had two cases of human plague last year.” The man has been hospitalized and is receiving treatment, Waldern noted. “People need to realize he was never considered contagious and he started treatment fairly quickly.” Plague is spread to humans through a bite from an infected flea. The disease is serious but treatable with antibiotics if caught early, officials said. Plague can be passed from fleas feeding on infected rodents and then transmitted to humans. Direct contact with infected tissues or fluids from handling sick or dead animals can pass the disease, as well as through respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague, officials said in a press release. Some types are spread from person to person, but that is not the case here, Waldern said. Symptoms typically develop within one to four days and up to seven days after exposure and include fever, chills, headache, weakness and a bloody or watery cough due to pneumonia, enlarged, tender lymph nodes, abdominal pain and bleeding into the skin or other organs.

Plague is rare in Oregon. Only three human cases have been diagnosed since 1995 and they all recovered. Last year two human cases of plague were diagnosed in Lake County. As far as she knows, this is the first ever incident in Umatilla County. “In this recent case it is important to stay away from flea-infested areas and to recognize the symptoms. People can protect themselves, their family members and their pets,” said Genni Lehnert-Beers, administrator for Umatilla County Health Department. “Using flea treatment on your pets is very important, because your pets can bring fleas into your home.” People should contact their health care provider or veterinarian if plague is suspected. Early treatment for people and pets with appropriate antibiotics is essential to curing plague infections. Untreated plague can be fatal for animals and people. Antibiotics to prevent or treat plague should be used only under the direction of a health care provider. Additional steps to prevent flea bites include wearing insect repellent, tucking pant cuffs into socks when in areas heavily occupied by rodents, and avoiding contact with wildlife including rodents.
Biohazard name: Plague (Bubonic)
Biohazard level: 4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.: Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Statu

The Black Death: Bubonic Plague


 

confirmed

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 15, 2011 at 3:27pm

http://www.unhcr.org/4ec2652b9.html

Rainfall, disease, hitting refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia

Briefing Notes, 15 November 2011

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahečić to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 15 November 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

More than a month after the kidnapping of three aid workers in Kenya's Dadaab refugee complex, insecurity continues to affect aid efforts. The situation is being exacerbated by heavy rains and accompanying risks of waterborne diseases.

Nearly 100 additional Kenyan police have been deployed in the camps in the last month. UNHCR is supporting them with vehicles, shelter and telecommunications equipment. Together with our partners, we are exploring options to gradually resume full operations despite continued security incidents in and around Dadaab. In the meantime, refugees are still receiving life-saving aid, namely food, water and health care.

The situation has been complicated by an outbreak of cholera in the camps, which is believed to have started among new arrivals who had most likely acquired it in Somalia or en route to Dadaab. Rains and flooding had affected the trucking of water to parts of the camps, and we fear some refugees resorted to using unsafe water from flooded areas.

There are now 60 cases in the camps, including 10 laboratory-confirmed cases and one refugee death. To manage the outbreak, UNHCR and partners have set up cholera treatment centres for severe cases. Most cases can be managed through oral rehydration solutions (ORS) that can be given at home or at the health posts. We are working with UNICEF and the Ministry of Health to train health workers in the community-based management of diarrhoea so that patients can begin treatment at home.

We have increased levels of chlorine, which kills cholera-causing bacteria, at water points in the camps. These are monitored to make sure they are maintained at the correct levels. We are also promoting hygiene practices among the refugees, especially the use of latrines and hand washing with soap. Each refugee received 250 grams of soap with the latest food distribution and this will continue monthly for several months.

In Ethiopia's Dollo Ado area, a nutrition survey at the Kobe and Hilaweyn camps has found high levels of malnutrition among children under five years of age. Refugees at both camps arrived from Somalia in extremely poor health condition, with many families losing children to malnutrition en route or after arrival in Ethiopia. Health and nutrition programmes have been set up by a range of experienced partners to address malnutrition, especially among the youngest children, but progress has been slow, as this survey confirmed.

However, the number of deaths among children under five has decreased dramatically compared to the very high level seen at the height of the refugee influx this summer. This reflects improved access to quality health care and nutrition services, as well as improved water and sanitation facilities. UNHCR is leading the coordination of a nutrition response to the survey's findings.

Meanwhile, intermittent downpours in Dollo Ado continue to cause flash floods in the area. The airstrip was hit by floods in the past four days and has subsequently remained out of service.

Nonetheless, work continues on the fifth refugee camp in the area, Bur Amino. The ground is rocky and this slows down the digging of latrines, a minimum number of which must be in place before refugees can be relocated from the transit centre. More than 7,600 recent arrivals from Somalia are now encamped at the transit centre, where they receive basic shelter, relief items and hot meals.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 15, 2011 at 3:12pm

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_mysterious-disease-claims-one-...

Mysterious disease claims one life in Surat
Published: Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011,

The outbreak of a mysterious disease has created panic among residents of Shekhpura village in Surat district. More than 80 people have been stricken by it and one woman has lost her life.

The district health department has sprung into action after learning about the outbreak.

The, disease, which surfaced a month back, has symptoms to those of chikungunya but blood reports fail to confirm the disease. It has affected one member of every family in a village with a population of 1,500.

Pravin Godhia, sarpanch of the village said, "Infected persons complain of high fever and acute pain in joints. The first case was detected in Patel Falia before it spread to the entire village. We have informed health officials, but apart from routine checking and distributing medicines, nothing much has been done." According to Patel, local doctors are unable to trace the disease as blood reports have been inconclusive.

While villagers are worried about the mysterious disease, panic spread after a woman suffering from the disease died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Sunday morning. The woman identified as Ila Patel, 34, is a resident of Patel Falia.

She was suffering from the disease for the past two weeks. "Ila was suffering from viral infection with certain symptoms of dengue. Other patients from the village also have the same symptoms. Dengue might have broken out in the village," said Suresh Chabbra, the doctor who was treating Ila.

Following the death, the district health department rushed a team of doctors to the village. Officials from the malaria department also visited the village and took blood samples of infected persons. The samples have been sent to the New Civil Hospital for further tests. At present, antibiotics are being distributed in the village.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 15, 2011 at 2:14am

The White House is gearing up for the smallpox pill; although this article doesn't shine the light on the good of this massive stockpile.

http://rt.com/usa/news/smallpox-obama-siga-administration-327/

Smallpox scandal plagues White House

Published: 15 November, 2011, 03:12

White House

White House


Move over, Solyndra. The Obama White House has immersed itself in a new scandal with a major Democratic donor. A deal worth half-a-billion dollars has raised questions about the relationship between Washington and the makers of an experimental drug.

The Los Angeles Times reports that for the past year, the Obama administration has urged approval of a $433-million plan to give Siga Technologies Inc. of New York the lone rights to manufacturing a smallpox pill for the US government to keep in stockpiles in case of a biological war outbreak — despite officials agreeing that the disease has been eradicated for nearly 40 years. Citing a 2004 George W Bush administration doctrine that says a smallpox threat could reemerge, the Obama White House is hoping to have Siga provide 1.7 million doses of the drug to be kept on the shelves at a cost far above what officials agreed to.

In observance with FDA regulations, the drug has not — and most likely won’t — be tested on humans, calling to question whether the supposed effectiveness of the pill is even existent— at a price tag of nearly half a billion dollars.

As it happens, Ronald O. Perelman, the controlling shareholder of the pharmaceutical manufacturer, donated over $300,000 through a Siga affiliate to the Democratic cause during the 2008 and 2010 campaigns. Additionally, Perelman himself forked over around $50,000 towards Obama’s inauguration.

Coincidentally, the Obama administration guaranteed Siga rights to provide the pill for the government without seeking competition from any other companies, a move which caused the Small Business Administration to cry foul. The Times reports that the initial federal contract guaranteed the deal to go to a company with fewer than 500 employees, which would exclude Siga from the bidding. In response, the government withdrew its first call-for-proposals and penned a new submission form — one that was delivered to solely Siga.

This latest scandal out of the Obama White House comes amid controversy concerning a deal that the current administration inked to solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. Federal investigators are currently combing through thousands of pages of documents to see if a massive loan guaranteed to Solyndra’s California plant had anything to do with ties between investors in the company that are close to the White House. A federal loan was extended to Solyndra, despite urging from Republicans to vote no, after President Barack Obama touted the manufacturer as a great investment; only months later, the company filed for bankruptcy and left American taxpayers to cover their lost costs.

The deal between the White House and Siga has aroused suspicious given that the government currently has around $1 billion worth of smallpox vaccinations on the ready — which The Times reports would be enough to inoculate the entire population of the country. Aside from trace samples of the disease kept in storage in the US and Russia, the rest of the world is believed to be free of the germ, which has around a one-in-three chance of destroying the infected. America’s current antidote has a shelf-life of deca

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 14, 2011 at 6:39pm

http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=1..121111.nov11

Now Dengue officially declared as epidemic outbreak in CCpur
Samples collected, lab test underway
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 11 2011: Following outbreak of an unknown disease suspected to be dengue in Churachandpur, the State Vector Borne Disease Control Society under the State Malaria Officer has collected blood samples from seven infected persons and sent the samples to RIMS laboratory which has been accredited by the Government of India.

It is reported that more samples would be collected from different places of Churachandpur starting from tomorrow for further laboratory test.

Talking to The Sangai Express, State Malaria Officer Dr Ibochouba said that contentment measures like fogging and awareness programmes about Tiger mosquito species Ades, the carrier of Slavirus which causes dengue have been taken up.

However, there is no specific method of treatment if the samples being tested in RIMS laboratory turn out positive.

Though there is no specific drug for treatment of dengue, there is no reason to panic, Dr Ibochouba said.



Ades breed of mosquito
Ades breed of mosquito



Dengue was first discovered at Moreh in 2007, and there was no case of death due to infection by dengue, he said.

Symptoms like fever and ache in different parts of the body do not always mean dengue.

The symptoms include retrobulbar pain (acute pain within eyes) and growth of greenish spots on body parts, Dr Ibochouba explained.

Out of 12 different cases which were tested by the District Malaria Officer, Churachandpur, only one was found dengue-combo positive.

Dengue-combo is not exactly dengue.

At the same time, it cannot be said that dengue-combo is not related with dengue.

When blood samples of 1000 people are found positive for Slavirus which causes dengue, only one or two persons may be infected by dengue.

As there is no specific method for treatment of dengue, the general practice is, injection of IV fluids and providing other supportive treatments in order to strengthen immune system of patients.

Growth of purpuric rash (greenish spots) on body parts could be observed on people infected by dengue seriously.

When the condition worsens, the greenish spots would start bleeding and this is an indication that platelet counts have decreased.

In such situation, the patient with be injected wit fresh platelets.

Incidentally, RIMS has the facility to remove RBC and WBC from blood and concentrate only platelets in blood, informed Dr Ibochouba.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 14, 2011 at 6:35pm

http://www.thestandard.co.zw/local/32568-typhoid-spreads-in-harare....

Typhoid spreads in Harare PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 13 November 2011 13:08

 
THERE are fears that typhoid could spread to other suburbs in Harare with the number of people under observation at the Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospital rising from 54 to 84 by Friday.


City of Harare spokesperson Lesley Gwindi yesterday said the number of confirmed cases remained at two, adding that all the cases where from Dzivarasekwa high-density suburb.


“We are working with our partners to contain the outbreak and I would say we are on top of the situation,” Gwindi said.  “We have identified a shallow well in Dzivarasekwa and our Health Department will soon be closing it down.


“With the help of our partners, we are working on providing an option before closing the well and as part of this. Five boreholes are being sunk in Dzivarasekwa.”


But the Harare Residents’ Trust (HRT) said it feared the disease could spread across the city, claiming that it had received reports that seven people from Mabvuku had also been admitted at the hospital due to the disease.


Gwindi however, said he had not received any information on any cases from outside Harare. HRT coordinator Precious Shumba urged charity organisations to intervene before the outbreak of the disease in other suburbs.


“People in such suburbs as Msasa Park and Glen Norah are also using shallow wells and we tried to intervene by asking Unicef to assist them with bowsers,” said Shumba.


“Mabvuku, Tafara, Budiriro and Glenview are among other suburbs which need urgent intervention if this outbreak is to be contained.” Intermittent water supplies have forced many in Harare’s high-density suburbs to draw water from shallow wells among other unprotected water sources, posing a threat of water-borne diseases like typhoid and cholera.


Insects feeding on excreta may occasionally transfer the typhoid bacteria Salmonella through poor hygiene and sanitation. The disease’s symptoms usually develop one to three weeks after exposure to the bacteria. They include poor appetite, abdominal pain, headaches, high fever of up to 40 degrees Celsius, generalised aches and pains, lethargy, diarrhoea and constipation

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2011 at 6:14pm

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/North-Korea-S...

November 11, 2011

North Korea Struggling to Fight Epidemic of Drug-Resistant TB

North Korea is grappling with a strain of the deadly lung disease tuberculosis that is resistant to conventional treatment.  Humanitarian workers say the impoverished communist country, which already has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis outside of sub-Saharan Africa, is unable to cope with the outbreak.  Most victims could die of the disease within years.  But some help is coming from an outside foundation.

TB, resistant to treatment

The disease is known as multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. It resists treatment by the two most powerful front-line TB drugs.
Stephen Linton, chairman of the Eugene Bell Foundation in Seoul, recently returned from North Korea, which he has visited nearly 70 times for humanitarian work since 1979. "North Koreans have told me that tuberculosis is their number one, number two and number three primary public health concern," he said.
Conditions in North Korea are ideal for the spread of TB. The climate is cold. Most citizens live and work in small spaces, and lack proper nutrition to maintain a strong immune system.
Linton says his foundation is now primarily focused on combating the multi-drug resistant TB outbreaks in North Korea.
It is treating 600 patients in the country at a cost of two thousand dollars annually per case. It is an intense multi-year regimen of several second-line drugs that produce severe side effects.
Grim prognosis
Linton says the prognosis is grim for those who cannot get access to the expensive program. "It's the fate of a resistant patient anywhere who doesn't get medication. I think their average life expectancy would be no more than five years. To make matters worse, there's a very good chance that they would pass this resistant form of TB on to their families, to their co-workers, whoever comes in contact with them," he noted. "So it becomes not only a personal tragedy but a serious social problem at the same time."
Linton, who suffered himself from TB as a child in South Korea, says it is difficult to know how widespread the epidemic is in the North.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2011 at 6:11pm

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/malaria-outbreak-in-sidh...

Malaria outbreak in Sidhi:Collector, civil surgeon transferred

PTI | 08:11 PM,Nov 11,2011

Bhopal, Nov 11 (PTI) Taking serious note of recent deaths in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh due to outbreak of malaria, state Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan today ordered the transfer of District Collector S N Sharma as also the Civil Surgeon and Chief Medical Health Officer(CMHO) there, official sources said. While officials said that over 35 people were killed following the outbreak of malaria at the Chouphal village of the district, Opposition Congress and CPM alleged that over 45 persons died because of the disease. Besides issuing transfer orders of Collector, the Government removed Civil Surgeon, Dr MP Tiwari and in-charge CMHO Dr VV Singh from their posts for not taking necessary steps to prevent the outbreak of malaria, the sources said. The matter was raised by the Leader of Opposition, Ajay Singh and the CPM's State Secretary Badal Saroj. Later, Chief Minister himself visited Chouphal to take stock of the situation and monitored steps taken for providing relief to the people. Sidhi's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jagdish Chandra Jatia was handed over the temporary charge of the collector, the sources added.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2011 at 6:10pm

http://www.science20.com/anthrophysis/urbanization_may_influence_tr...

Urbanization May Influence Transmission Of Zoonotic Diseases
November 11th 2011

Disease has played a vital role in shaping the course of human history--a point famously addressed in Jared Diamond's 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Guns, Germs, and Steel. Because we have created effective vaccines for so many diseases, and have gone quite some time without a major deadly global pandemic, it is easy to forget that infections are still a real threat. Several years ago, outbreaks of avian influenza served as a powerful reminder that any number of zoonotic diseases--those that can be transmitted between animals and humans--could eventually cross species barriers and cause real harm to humans. 

In some areas, emergence of zoonotic infections appears to be tied to anthropogenic activities. For instance, habitat destruction in Australia has reduced the availability of food resources for flying foxes--a type of bat that has been the source of 4 novel human pathogens since 1994. Where the foxes once covered large areas of natural habitat to look for patchily distributed, ephemeral food sources, they now often remain resident in urban areas, where they can forage in gardens and parks year round. This means that the bats contact each other, and the species to which they can transmit diseases, at evolutionarily new rates, thus altering transmission dynamics. This is particularly scary in the case of the lethal Hendra virus (HeV). Infected bats do not appear to suffer any ill effects of the disease, and merely pass it out of their systems via urine, saliva, feces, and placental fluids. However, where these come into contact with pasture, feed, or water, they can result in infections in horses, who then pass on the disease to humans.


(Grey-headed flying fox, Pteropus poliocephalus)  Continues...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2011 at 3:33pm

http://www.coastweek.com/3445_zambia_07.htm

Unknown Disease Breaks
Out In Western Zambia

The strange disease is making people to
vomit, have diarrhoea and pneumonia

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LUSAKA (Xinhua) -- At least 78 people have been admitted to a local hospital in western Zambia following an outbreak of an unknown disease, the Post of Zambia reported on Tuesday.

A strange disease has broken out in Kalabo district in Western province. The strange disease is making people to vomit, have diarrhea and pneumonia.

Dr. Reuben Mbewe, Ministry of Health spokersperson, said the district had been reporting increased number of patients presented with sudden onset of fever since Oct. 24.

The health official has however said signs and symptoms of the disease were consistent with typhoid but confirmatory laboratory investigations were still being awaited.

“The disease is affecting all ages of both male and female patients. There have been no deaths amongst the hospitalized cases, “ he was quoted as saying by the paper.

He said of the 78 people that were admitted, 65 were still receiving treatment while 13 have been discharged, adding that health officials in the district have responded well and providing appropriate medical attention to the patients.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2011 at 5:51am

This can't be good.  The CDC has confirmed infectious TB at a homeless shelter where occupy Atlanta protesters may still be at risk from this airborne disease.

http://nation.foxnews.com/occupy-wall-street/2011/11/10/tuberculosi...

Tuberculosis Outbreak at Occupy Atlanta's Base

 'Outbreak' Warner Bros

ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – The home base for Occupy Atlanta has tested positive for tuberculosis.

The Fulton County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that residents at the homeless shelter where protesters have been occupying have contracted the drug-resistant disease. WGCL reports that a health department spokeswoman said there is a possibility that both Occupy Atlanta protesters and the homeless people in the shelter may still be at risk since tuberculosis is contracted through air contact.

“Over the last three months were have been two persons who have resided in this facility who have been diagnosed with confirmed or suspected infectious tuberculosis (TB),” said Fulton County Services Director Matthew McKenna in a written statement to CBS Atlanta. “One of these persons was confirmed to have a strain of TB that is resistant to a single, standard medication used to treat this condition. All person(s) identified as positive have begun treatment and are being monitored to ensure that medication is taken as directed.”

 

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