Q FEVER - BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (BANJA LUKA)
http://www.fena.ba/uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA139829&rubrika=ES Banja Luka: Q fever epidemic
An epidemic of Q fever has been reported in the area of Banja Luka. Since 7
May 2004, 75 patients with symptoms of Q fever have been reported, and to
date 38 patients have been admitted for treatment at the Clinic for
Infectious Diseases of the Banja Luka Clinical Center.
Dr. Zeljko Rodic of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases told the press that
majority of the patients are from the Banja Luka area, and 1 patient is
from Laktasi. He stressed that this is the largest epidemic of Q fever to
be reported in that country.
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NOTE:
We have to worry:
1. Russian can make either bio warfare
2. How could any viri survive in Siberia?!
SPOTTED FEVER - RUSSIA (SIBERIA)
http://www.regions.ru/newsheadlines/index.html?section=news&topic=health 5 people in Barnaul were diagnosed with tick typhus, or spotted fever. No
tick encephalitis cases have been registered so far. This information came
from the state epidemiological center in Barnaul.
AVIAN INFLUENZA, PIGEONS - RUSSIA: SUSPECTED
http://www.altairegion.ru/data/2004/05/12/news/13087.shtml Bird Flu outbreak is identified in the Altay Region of Siberia (Russia)
According to the news agency "Interfax Siberia", the local veterinary
department has announced on Wednesday [12 May 2004] that the disease was
discovered in pigeons. Pigeons can transfer this virus, which is regarded
to be lethal for birds, to chickens.
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PLAGUE, FATAL - ECUADOR (CHIMBORAZO)
Source:This information is derived from 2 articles published in El Universo
newspaper, 11 May 2004.
http://www.eluniverso.com/core/12/eluniverso.asp?page=noticia&id=12&tab=1&contid=42873F9E44A34017B29E58A990A5ED0E&EUID= According to an Ecuadorian newspaper, the health department in Chimborazo
Province (located in the Andean mountains) advised local medical personnel
that patients admitted from the town of Guamote presenting fever, cough,
enlargement of the lymph nodes, weakness and malaise, should be considered
as suspected cases of bubonic plague. This decision was taken after
confirming 3 fatal cases due to the disease in the last 2 months.
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Source: The Desert Sun [edited]
http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20040511013408.shtml Bird disease reported in several valley cities
A bird disease, that has killed hundreds of mourning doves in the high
desert, appears to have infected some Coachella Valley birds, but, not in
particularly large numbers. The disease, called trichomoniasis, has killed
possibly thousands of birds in the high desert, Los Padres National Forest,
and Northern California, and is thought to have touched the Coachella Valley.