[Calpernia]

Just got off the phone with my business partner.

He uses the Day Care facities at the Fort Monmouth Community Center in NJ.

His child, along with 1/3 of the entire class, are home today with Foot and Mouth Disease!

Nothing in the news or Health Department warnings yet!

[freeperfromnj]

That's near my neck of the woods. Does that child care facility serve primarily military families?

[freeperfromnj]

Cal: Here's another strange story out of NJ - they shooter was masked

Young man dies from gunshot wounds after shooting in New Brunswick

(05/23/04) NEW BRUNSWICK - Police are investigating a New Brunswick shooting that took place early Saturday evening.
According to police, a masked man fired a gun three times and hit 23-year-old Hassan A. Bass twice in the head at the corner of George Street and Hassart Street. The attack took place at approximately 5:15 p.m. Saturday. Bass died from the gunshot wounds at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Sunday.

Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to contact the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5200 or the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3300.

http://www.news12.com/NJ/topstories/article?id=107750

[WestCoastGal]

MD--PING for illness list.

Here is CDC website for this.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/hfmd.htm

[nw_arizona_granny]

Cal I don't think that I sent you the Promedmail.org? (i think it is org), notice yesterday.

children with Hoof and mouth disease has had a couple of notices in the past couple weeks, China ? or? Russia.

But yes, it is in the other side of the world.

I never heard of it as childrens disease before.

[Domestic Church]

Foot and Mouth Ping to post #2197!

[Myrddin]

Day care age kids tend to play with objects and put those objects in their mouths. It would only take one infected child to pass it around.

[Bethshaya]

"Just got off the phone with my business partner.

He uses the Day Care facities at the Fort Monmouth Community Center in NJ.

His child, along with 1/3 of the entire class, are home today with Foot and Mouth Disease!

Nothing in the news or Health Department warnings yet"




Are you sure that wasn't Fifth's disease? That is a common daycare virus as is the cocksakie virus.

The other would undoubtly bring in the CDC for Foot and Mouth disease, that is more rare and not indigeneous to the US I think. Can anyone confirm?

[JustPiper]

Foot and Mouth from promed posted sometime her for Israel and Zambia

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
(Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis exanthem)
What is hand, foot and mouth disease?

What are the symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease?
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/healthtips/BCD/HandFootMouth.htm

Also posted this sometime this month:


Vesicular stomatitis in the USA

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The last outbreak of vesicular stomatitis in the United States was reported
to the OIE in November 1998. This information, dated 19 May 2004, was
received on 20 May 2004 from Dr Peter Fernandez, associate administrator,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Washington, DC:

Location of the outbreak: State of Texas, Reeves County.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Date of initial detection of animal health incident: 10 May 2004.
Estimated date of primary infection: 7 May 2004.

Total number of animals in the outbreak: 9 horses and 9 steers.
Total number of cases: 3 horses.
Total number of deaths: 0.