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Pox-Like Outbreak Reported
Washinton Post ^
| 6/8/03
| Rob Stein
Posted on 06/07/2003 10:31:07 PM PDT by Pro-Bush
At least 19 people in three Midwestern states have contracted a disease related to smallpox, marking the first outbreak of the life-threatening illness in the United States, federal heath officials said yesterday.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concerned that the illness could spread, issued a nationwide alert to doctors and public health officials to be on the lookout for more cases.
"We have an outbreak," said James Hughes, director of the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. "I'd like to keep it relatively small. I don't want any more cases. We're doing everything we can to try to contain this."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gambianrats; monkeypox; orthopoxvirus; pox; prairiedog; virus
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To: Jeff Head
They meant it's the first monkey pox, which it is.
To: FairOpinion
Thanks.
To: brigette
"The Prairie Dogs were purchased as pets and not as food "
Who eats Prairie Dogs?
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posted on
06/07/2003 10:52:34 PM PDT
by
honeygrl
(--- ;) ----)
To: brigette
~ The outbreak came to light on May 16
Glad to here that nobody has died yet!
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posted on
06/07/2003 10:54:45 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
To: Diddle E. Squat
I wonder if they ever puzzle over the number of 100+ year old people who read their site ..... hehe!
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posted on
06/07/2003 10:58:59 PM PDT
by
kayak
(Do not bet against the success of freedom. - GWB 5/9/03)
To: honeygrl
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:02:01 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
To: Pro-Bush
. Either way, a 10% motality rate is a big deal. True .. but at the same time, it could be worse ..
Unfortunately we live in dangerous times ..
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:03:12 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: FairOpinion
RANGE MAP-Prairie Dog
Disease carrying varmits!
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:03:46 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
To: Brad's Gramma
"What are you seeing in the local news?"
The free republic link was the first i'd heard about the story. However, Drudge now has it at the top of his page. Its about 2am est, so a guess is it will be todays hot story.
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:04:29 PM PDT
by
kameuh
To: Nita Nupress
Go to the "I'm already a subscriber" section. For username, put "annoying," and for password, again use "annoying." This works for all of these types of logins and is easy to remember.
** Also, does anyone know which two pet stores in Milwaukee I should be staying away from?
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:05:55 PM PDT
by
lorrainer
(Oh, was I ranting? Sorry.....)
To: lorrainer
To: lorrainer
The article mentioned these two stores:
Hoffer TropicLife Pets in Milwaukee and Rainbow Pets in Shorewood
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:12:52 PM PDT
by
flutters
(God Bless The USA)
To: Pro-Bush
Note the article clearly says they believe the illness came from the G-rat and that the Prairie Dogs caught it from the G-Rat. Prairie Dogs have been consumed here in America for a very long time. Native American's ate them all the time, even before Chris Columbus discovered America. Chances are the G-Rat came straight from Africa (smuggled in) and brought the Monkeypox here and infected the Prairie Dogs that the exotic pet dealer had. Dealer sold the P-Dogs to several places. The exotic pet dealer has a lot explaining to do about where that G-Rat came from.
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:13:34 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
To: AntiGuv
Sars mortality rate is yet to be determined, but ive seen from 8-15%. If the monekypox is at 1-10% guess it is possibly as lethal as sars. Not a pleasing thought, to have yet another exotic disease. Anyway im off topic.
"If I recall correctly, its strength diminishes after just two or three generations of human transmission."
Are you sure your thinking of monekypox. Ebola tends to follow this trend. It tends to flame out after a few generations. However, Ive never heard of monekypox before, so hopefully your thinking of the correct one!
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:14:18 PM PDT
by
kameuh
To: All
BTW - The exotic pet dealer is from Illinois and is the one case that was reported in Illinois. He sold the pets in WI.
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:16:58 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
To: kameuh
MONKEY POX
http://www.ksu.edu/research/animal/occhs/fact31.htm SPECIES: Nonhuman primates, primarily macaques
AGENT: Orthopoxvirus Disease in humans is indistinguishable from smallpox, (Variola) i.e., serologic & clinical syndrome.
RESERVOIR AND INCIDENCE: Animals: Nine reported outbreaks in captive NHP's, primarily rhesus and cynomolgus. Has also been reported in languors, baboons, chimpanzees, orangutans, marmosets, gorillas, gibbons, and squirrel monkeys. The virus has been isolated from a wild squirrel. Man: The first human case of Monkey Pox was reported in 1970. Between 1970 and 1986, over 400 cases had been reported from tropical rain forested areas of West and Central Africa.
TRANSMISSION: Transmission can be via direct contact, aerosol, ingestion, or parenteral administration. Person to person transmission can occur.
DISEASE IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES: Usually exhibit a high morbidity and low mortality. Clinical signs may be inapparent or an animal may exhibit fever, lymphadenopathy, and cutaneous eruptions of the extremities, trunk, lips, or face. Cynomologus monkeys seem to be most severely affected. Death is uncommon except in infant monkeys.
DISEASE IN MAN: Signs in man include fever, sore throat, headache, and a vesiculopustular rash of peripheral distribution which clears up in 5 to 25 days. Severe complications include bronchopneumonia, vomiting, and diarrhea. Case fatality rate 10-15%. Although the disease is not common in man it is important from the standpoint of differentiating it from smallpox.
DIAGNOSIS: based on progression of lesions, histopathology and virus isolation. On histological examination epidermal cells contain eosinophilic cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions. ELISA
TREATMENT: Symptomatic.
PREVENTION/CONTROL: Sanitation, isolation. Vaccination with vaccinia virus is protective in both man and nonhuman primates.
BIOSAFETY LEVEL: BL-1
To: brigette
Chances are the G-Rat came straight from Africa (smuggled in) and brought the Monkeypox here and infected the Prairie Dogs that the exotic pet dealer had
Sounds reasonable to me. He should be punished severely.
Prairie Dogs have been consumed here in America for a very long time.
Do you know if they taste like chicken?
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:18:37 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
To: cibco
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:18:57 PM PDT
by
blam
To: lorrainer
Officials determined that the prairie dogs had been purchased from a Villa Park, Ill., exotic pet dealer, who also became ill. The dealer also had a Gambian rat, which was ill. It is believed that animal passed the virus to the prairie dogs the dealer was selling.
The dealer sold the animals to SK Exotics, a Milwaukee pet distributor, which then sold the apparently infected prairie dogs to two pet stores in Milwaukee and at a "pet swap" in northern Wisconsin.
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:19:33 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
To: Pro-Bush
My guess is that they taste like tree rats (squirrels) - I don't eat anything wild - but deer sausage
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posted on
06/07/2003 11:22:04 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
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