Posted on 08/10/2014 12:46:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
I have spent a little time compiling links to threads about the Ebola outbreak in the interest of having all the links in one thread for future reference.
Please add links to new threads and articles of interest as the situation develops.
Thank You all for you participation.
Fascinating, thank you! I wonder if anyone has done any work on whether those asymptomatic individuals can shed the virus. Probably not, especially if the theory that the immediate inflammatory immune response at the point of infection is responsible for keeping the virus at bay, but that’s a guess on my part.
I was also struck by a statement in the study that Ebola Zaire is genetically stable. That conflicts a bit with the study out a few weeks ago regarding the hundreds of mutations documented with the two (or three, depending on how you count) strains at work in West Africa.
Thanks again!
Human asymptomatic Ebola infection and strong inflammatory response.
>>I was also struck by a statement in the study that Ebola
>>Zaire is genetically stable. That conflicts a bit with the
>>study out a few weeks ago regarding the hundreds of
>>mutations documented with the two (or three, depending on
>>how you count) strains at work in West Africa.
Circa 2000 genetic test equipment is not 2014 test equipment.
I suspect that back testing of old Ebola samples with new technology is in order.
Hmmmm. I don’t know if now is the time to switch to a “novel” mathematical approach to R0. I’m also struck by the fact that they based their model on WHO numbers, acknowledge that those numbers are not reliable, yet in the end say their model can be used for any outbreak of any disease.
Very interesting, thank you!
It also explains the motorcycle taxi driver infections early on (driver and passenger are sweating, exchange sweat...)
However, in this outbreak the sheer number of replications would provide unprecedented opportunity for mutation.
Search any travel website (kayak, expedia) and you will see flights for this week and over the next few weeks from Lagos, Nigeria to the US. United airlines: Lagos direct to Houston. Delta airlines: Lagos direct to Atlanta.
True. That would be an interesting paper.
Thousands of people have defied Sierra Leone’s three-day lockdown to combat the Ebola virus by crossing the border into Guinea without going through health controls.
Health officials in Guinea said people were coming “in waves” through the bush, fearing they would be taken away if they were found to have the disease.
Excerpted
http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/20/thousands-evade-ebola-lockdown-in-sierra-leone/
JID: Ebola Virus as a Foodborne Pathogen? Cause for Consideration, but Not Panic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, increasing their warnings on Ebola, is advising airlines and jet staff to treat all body fluids as infectious, even on domestic flights.
“Treat all body fluids as though they are infectious,” said the latest CDC update to airlines. The update notes that if Ebola is suspected, aircraft can be cleaned mid-flight. The update is apparently meant to stress the rights airlines have to block anyone who appears "ill" from boarding.
Excepted
Interesting.
I have wondered about any US introduction becoming endemic in the wild hog population here.
And plenty of people eat ‘bushmeat’ without actually think of it that way.
Ebola warning: CDC tells airlines to ‘treat all body fluids as infectious’
By Paul Bedard | September 21, 2014 | 11:15 am
Sierra Leone’s Ebola lockdown likely to be extended
FREETOWN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A three-day lockdown in Sierra Leone
aimed at stemming the worst Ebola epidemic on record has identified
dozens of new infections, but has not reached everyone in the country
and is likely to be extended, a senior official said on Sunday.
In one of the most extreme strategies employed since the epidemic
began, Sierra Leone ordered its 6 million residents to stay indoors as
volunteers circulated to educate households as well as isolate the sick
and remove the dead.
Read more:
Thousands ‘evade’ Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone
http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/20/thousands-evade-ebola-lockdown-in-sierra-leone/
Sporting events, theaters, subways, airplanes, trains, buses, city sidewalks, waiting rooms, any crowd where you can get jostled...pleasedtomeetcha, but I am not going to shake hands.
First responders, LEOs, medical personnel, etc... would be at particular risk.
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