Are pigs a potential source of an Ebola pandemic in Africa and elsewhere? There are at least 288,000 pigs in Liberia where Ebola has broken out in people. Could Ebola-infected pigs spread Ebola throughout the country? The World Health Organization on Ebola: "Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the amplification of infection because of the presence of fruit bats on these farms." New York Times article mentions pigs eating garbage in Conakry, the capital of Guinea (where Ebola is spreading now)
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Ironic
The latest victims of Ebola? Pets — abandoned at zoos in Africa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/09/22/the-latest-victims-of-ebola-pets-abandoned-at-zoos-in-africa/Monday, September 22, 2014
The number of Ebola cases could start doubling every three weeks in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday"
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/ebola-outbreak-who-warns-containment-will-cost-1b-1.2009042
3 weeks from now 15,000
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21 weeks from now 480,000
24 weeks from now 960,000
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30 weeks from now 3,840,000
33 weeks from now 7.680,000
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42 weeks from now 61,440,000
45 weeks from now 122,880,000
48 weeks from now 245,760,000
51 weeks from now 491,520,000
54 weeks from now Nearly a billion
3 weeks from now 15,000
6 weeks from now 30,000
12 weeks from now 60,000
15 weeks from now 120,000
18 weeks from now 240,000
21 weeks from now 480,000
24 weeks from now 960,000
27 weeks from now 1,920,000
30 weeks from now 3,840,000
33 weeks from now 7.680,000
36 weeks from now 15,360,000
39 weeks from now 30,720,000
42 weeks from now 61,440,000
45 weeks from now 122,880,000
48 weeks from now 245,760,000
51 weeks from now 491,520,000
54 weeks from now Nearly a billion
Sunday, September 21, 2014
OMG!
Ebola warning: CDC tells airlines to 'treat all body fluids as infectious'
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ebola-warning-cdc-tells-airlines-to-treat-all-body-fluids-as-infectious/article/2553738
Friday, September 19, 2014
New York Times publishes article on Ebola in Sierra Leone showing pigs foraging for food near people
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/world/africa/ebola-outbreak.html?_r=0
And if pigs are Ebola vectors . . .??????
And if pigs are Ebola vectors . . .??????
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Ebola will infect thousands more people in Liberia within weeks, says WHO
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/08/ebola-liberia-thousands-new-cases-in-weeks-who
There are at least 288,000 pigs in Liberia where Ebola has broken out in people. Could Ebola-infected pigs spread Ebola throughout the country?
There are at least 288,000 pigs in Liberia where Ebola has broken out in people. Could Ebola-infected pigs spread Ebola throughout the country?
Saturday, September 6, 2014
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