Posted on 04/12/2005 7:37:48 PM PDT by Covenantor
more data coming in.
ping
We'll see if these numbers are confirmed in the mainstream press (usually a day behind).
This is following the growth curve exactly.
9 day efolding time ==> 11% per day.
Previous day = 213 cases
213 * 1.11 = 236
Here is a link to CDC questions and answers regarding Marburg.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/qa.htm
How does that tie into the previous graph?
These latest figures for Luanda match the 5 deaths described in media reports
Is is 11 dead or 11 total?????
So goes any hope that this is slowing down.
It ties in exactly; that was my point. The previous graph plotted two plots: 1) the raw data and 2) an exponential fit with a time constant (exponential time constant or e-folding time) of 9 days. The two curves (as you may recall) were right on top of each other.
This next day's data fit right on top of the curve.
However, what will really be important is whether the curve continues. If we hit 400 cases by Friday, then it is clear that the growth curve is robust.
The highest number of deaths after Uige was in the Kwanza Sul province with six fatalities and six cases, followed by five deaths and 11 cases in Luanda, five deaths and six cases in Zaire, two deaths and four cases in Mananje, and one death and one case each in the provinces of Cabinda and Kwanza Norte.
The only page the CDC has updated since last week is:
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
Fact Sheet for the Business Sector
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/business.htm
Although I only gave it a quick study, the only thing "new"
is that they omit the boilerplate 23-25% fatality rate.
Everything else is still suggestive that this is the
familiar Marburg of prior outbreaks (which it is likely not).
The following also unchanged and hardly requires comment:
"No U.S. travel restrictions to the affected
area are recommended at this time."
11 cases
5 deaths
ping
At this point, they are watching another 360 possible cases.
"However, what will really be important is whether the curve continues. If we hit 400 cases by Friday, then it is clear that the growth curve is robust."
The highly technical term we use to describe the situation you refer to above is:
The bug is out of the box...
Let us all pray that there is still time to contain this killer.
MA
> ... they are watching another 360 possible cases.
That they know of.
Where does that figure come from, by the way.
Yes thanks, I agree with you. I meant to put five and wrote four.. I really do know that 6 and 5 = 11 :)
No matter how I read it now, it's gotten worse. I'm no longer focusing on the numbers, only the trends, because I don't trust the numbers.
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