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To: Judith Anne

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/08/angola.virus.ap/index.html

"LUANDA, Angola (AP) -- Angola says it has stamped out an epidemic of the Marburg virus that killed 227 people in the world's worst recorded outbreak of the Ebola-like fever.

The Health Ministry and World Health Organization said in a joint statement late Monday they recorded the last Marburg case July 27. WHO considers outbreaks to be contained when there have been no new infections for a period lasting double the virus' maximum incubation time of 21 days.

"After more than 45 days of no new cases, we can say we recommend that the epidemic be declared over," WHO regional official Fatumata Diallo told reporters in Luanda, the capital."


763 posted on 11/08/2005 7:42:15 AM PST by Dawsonville_Doc
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To: Dawsonville_Doc; 2ndreconmarine; Dog Gone

Thank you very much for the ping.

I'll always wonder how many really died, and how Angola really managed this.

I guess I'll never know...God rest their souls.


764 posted on 11/08/2005 9:23:32 AM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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