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Virus in Germany Cause for Concern
Mil.com ^ | 7/19/10 | Not attributed

Posted on 07/22/2010 9:23:07 AM PDT by null and void

German public health officials have recently publicized an increase in Puumala virus infections among its citizens in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria. Puumala virus is a member of the European Hantaviruses that can potentially cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. This mild form of Hantavirus results from inhaling dusts contaminated with rodent urine and feces. Anyone who develops flu-like symptoms after entering dusty buildings or after handling dead rodents should immediately seek medical attention.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany
KEYWORDS: captaintripps; thestand
Viral ping
1 posted on 07/22/2010 9:23:09 AM PDT by null and void
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To: Mother Abigail; RandallFlagg; Smokin' Joe

ping

(I’m brain dead today, who am I missing on the pings?)


2 posted on 07/22/2010 9:25:17 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 544 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

Look to the Turks and their Guest-Worker population.


3 posted on 07/22/2010 9:27:48 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: null and void

Handling dead rodents? Is that like shaking hands with a politician?


4 posted on 07/22/2010 9:28:23 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

Very much so.


5 posted on 07/22/2010 9:29:28 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 544 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

Just damn! Does this mean we SHOULDN’T be handling dead rodents and their feces?!?! Geez....


6 posted on 07/22/2010 9:31:42 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: null and void

Distract the populace. More spending is needed. Hike taxes.
Africanized killer bees and global warming are coming, too. There could be a catastrophe.

That is all.


7 posted on 07/22/2010 9:33:07 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: null and void

The source is probably Turkish Mooslems.


8 posted on 07/22/2010 9:36:56 AM PDT by mmanager (I'm not racist, I don't like the white half of him either.)
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To: KoRn

Just how much feces does a dead rodent produce?


9 posted on 07/22/2010 10:13:07 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: SpinnerWebb
Just how much feces does a dead rodent produce?

we will know by 2014

10 posted on 07/22/2010 11:51:21 AM PDT by RnMomof7 (sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me)
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