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India Reports Seventh Case of SARS
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| Sun Apr 27,11:14 AM ET
| Reuters
Posted on 04/27/2003 11:23:13 AM PDT by JimRic54
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A 34-year-old Indian man has been diagnosed with the SARS (news - web sites) virus, a health official said on Sunday, making him the country's seventh case of the disease that has killed about 290 people worldwide.
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The man, who visited Hong Kong this month, had arrived in India's financial hub, Bombay, and was admitted to hospital last week after he developed a fever, the official said.
"He was discharged in Bombay as the fever went away and he had no other symptoms," the official told Reuters. "But later, his lab samples tested positive and he was traced in New Delhi and was admitted to hospital on Saturday night," he said.
The eastern city of Calcutta and the western city of Pune reported one new case each of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Saturday. The respiratory virus has infected about 5,000 people in nearly 30 countries since it emerged in southern China late last year.
Some doctors have expressed fear SARS could spread rapidly in India because of its congested cities and overstretched health system, but government officials have played down the chances of SARS becoming an epidemic in India.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; india; sars
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posted on
04/27/2003 11:23:13 AM PDT
by
JimRic54
To: JimRic54
If the Death rate from SARS is around 5%-10% as reported in early results, what will the be the death rate if an AIDS patient catches SARS?
I suspect that the fatality rate will sky rocket with the compromised immunity systems of AIDS patents. If SARS ever gets into the Homosexual section of the Nation, lookout.
Prices of houses will drop in San Francisco.
To: JimRic54
Some doctors have expressed fear SARS could spread rapidly in India because of its congested cities and overstretched health system, but government officials have played down the chances of SARS becoming an epidemic in India. I'm sure the government officials are correct.
After all, the Ganges River is used only
for bathing, drinking, laundry, and burial.
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posted on
04/27/2003 11:51:50 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Hospital security is not too great either. One SARS patient in Mumbai got out of bed, got dressed, went to the airport and took a commercial flight to Delhi, where he was checked into another hospital.
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posted on
04/27/2003 12:20:55 PM PDT
by
per loin
To: American in Israel
If the Death rate from SARS is around 5%-10% as reported in early results, what will the be the death rate if an AIDS patient catches SARS? Horrid thought for the day before I stop responding on SARS threads.
I have to wonder what happens when SARS mutates a resistence to the current treatments administered to AIDS patients which may prove life-savings for those who's immune systems are not compromised.
The boogy-man is out there, you just can't see it without a microscope.
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posted on
04/27/2003 1:09:12 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: Caipirabob
The interesting thing is that the SARS virus doesn't kill you. What kills you is your own immune system trying to fight the virus in the lungs. That's why steroids are the prescribed treatment.
It's entirely possible that someone with a lousy immune system (like someone with AIDS) might do well.
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posted on
04/27/2003 1:16:01 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
If so, it will quickly be apparent that the virus will just keep multiplying in the HIV positive patient's lungs, and possibly elsewhere in the same body, and while there may be no symptoms, the person could become what we have been calling a "superspreader"--full of virus, no immune response--few symptoms...Eventually, the virus would overwhelm the patient...
This is just complete speculation on my part. Anyone who knows anything different, please correct me...
To: Judith Anne
I don't know, but that sounds reasonable.
We may find out in rural China before long.
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posted on
04/27/2003 3:30:23 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
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