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Microbiologist: SARS now attacking intestines
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH.com.au) ^
| April 23, 2003
| DPA
Posted on 04/22/2003 7:49:22 AM PDT by EternalHope
Microbiologist: SARS now attacking intestines
April 23 2003
The deadly SARS virus is now attacking the intestines as well as the respiratory system, a leading Hong Kong microbiologist said yesterday.
Speaking on Hong Kong radio station RTHK, Professor Malik Peiris of Hong Kong University said the change might indicate the virus had mutated, as many experts feared.
Professor Peiris is one of the microbiologists at the forefront of the Hong Kong research into the SARS virus, which killed another five people in the territory yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths to 99.
His comments come amid growing concern that the virus is becoming more virulent, with many doctors noting changes in the way the disease behaves and whom it kills.
A number of deaths over the past week have occurred in younger, previously healthy people - one being a 34-year-old pregnant women.
An increasing number of those infected with SARS are now suffering from diarrhoea. As many of two thirds of the residents who contracted SARS in the outbreak at the Amoy Gardens high-rise had diarrhoea, according to health officials.
Tom Buckley, the head of the intensive care unit at Hong Kong's Princess Margaret Hospital, said organ failure was also now becoming more common.
"Initially patients were presenting with just respiratory failure," Dr Buckley said. "Now we're seeing renal failure and other organ failure."
Hong Kong recorded 32 new infections yesterday - 10 more than Monday - taking the total to 1434. The latest deaths were all of people over the age 65, with four having an history of chronic illness.
Announcing the latest figures, health secretary E K Yeoh said he believed SARS would not go away and the Government had to concentrate on controlling it.
"We do not anticipate that it will be eradicated completely because this virus is highly infectious," he said. "So our primary task is to reduce the size of the viral load in the community and prevent outbreaks."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amoygardens; intestines; sars
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To: Trust but Verify
__We are tea drinkers and do not fall ill when everyone around us does.__
I've had the same experience, except for me the majic elixer is coffee - or margaritas...
To: _Jim
Not handy..but I'll look.
To: _Jim
There have now been almost 4,000 probable cases of Sars worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Found this at the BBC...
To: InShanghai
I recall reading it and the link on that rat coronavirus. It had high morbidity and no mortality in rats...but it reduced fertility in them. I remember commenting about the potential(possible/probable - you pick) use for population control.It also affected the lacrymal glands. I remember the prefixes adeno and lacrym in the lengthy name and maybe the virus name began with an R.
Didn't someone recently post an article about the swollen & red eyes of a Vietnamese nurse survivor?
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posted on
04/22/2003 11:02:00 AM PDT
by
Domestic Church
(AMDG...get ready to wind back the clock a century or so)
To: Stentor
I don't have TV. The first I heard of Sars was two weeks ago, here on FR.
It's nice to be able to skip the panic part.
To: InShanghai
I could never understand why anyone would want a rat as a pet. I agree. Now a Gerbil I can understand...
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posted on
04/22/2003 11:05:20 AM PDT
by
Lysander
(My army can kill your army)
To: Servant of the Nine
"There is no way you can hope to vaccinate and protect your own troops and population."
No need to vaccinate in China...this answers their population issue. Even if their population is cut in half they will have enough still for manufacturing and a standing army.
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posted on
04/22/2003 11:09:11 AM PDT
by
Domestic Church
(AMDG...get ready to wind back the clock a century or so)
To: All; _Jim
The current 5.6 percent death rate for SARS is much higher than that for the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, which was less than 1 percent, said Stoehr. But the influenza pandemic killed from 20 million to 40 million people in the world because it spread so quickly.
From Salt lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Apr/04222003/nation_w/50118.asp
To: Geezerette
To: Geezerette
Yes, Colloidal silver is good, but a little iffy. I understand you shouldn't use it on a prolonged basis. I bought some SeaSilver liquid vitamins but only used one bottle.Ah, yeah...
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posted on
04/22/2003 11:14:49 AM PDT
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: EternalHope
Wow, diarrhea with the flu! Imagine that.
To: Prince Charles
If this thing gets out of hand it will decimate whole populations. SARS is so over.
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04/22/2003 11:18:51 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: Chemist_Geek
You can voice your skepticism until you're blue in the face, but good luck getting the supplement pushers to listen : )
To: Domestic Church; vetvetdoug
It's a bit misleading to say that
SDA in rats has a low mortality rate. While technically that's true (the disease itself kills very few rats,) many rats who contract the disease outside a sterile lab setting die from secondary infections that the SDA makes them vulnerable to.
To: vetvetdoug
To: InShanghai; riri; CathyRyan
Cathy Ryan tells me that it was riri that posted that information about the genome.
To: IvanT
Hear hear. Listening to one of them in the office snorting the same 5 ml of snot back into his head every 30 seconds is enough to make you want to put on a hazmat suit.
To: technochick99
Hmmmmm...was here name "Lorene?"
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04/22/2003 11:48:24 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Rename the UN.....the ..........TTS..............Totalitarian Tyrants Society (with sticky fingers))
To: All; _Jim
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Cumulative Number of Reported Probable Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
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From: 1 Nov 20021 To: 22 Apr 2003, 17:00 GMT+2
See Affected Areas, 22 April 2003
Country |
Cumulative number of case(s) |
Number of new cases since last WHO update |
Final Status |
Local chain(s) of transmission3 |
Date of last report |
Number of deaths |
Number recovered 2 |
Australia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
None |
17 Apr 2003 |
Brazil |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
16 Apr 2003 |
Canada |
139 |
7 |
13 |
65 |
Yes |
22 Apr 2003 |
China |
2001 |
42 |
92 |
1201 |
Yes |
22 Apr 2003 |
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region4 |
1434 |
32 |
99 |
461 |
Yes |
22 Apr 2003 |
China, Taiwan |
29 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Yes |
22 Apr 2003 |
France |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Germany |
7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
None |
22 Apr 2003 |
India |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Indonesia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
19 Apr 2003 |
Italy |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
None |
22 Apr 2003 |
Japan |
2 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
None |
22 Apr 2003 |
Kuwait |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
None |
20 Apr 2003 |
Malaysia |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
None |
22 Apr 2003 |
Mongolia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
None |
17 Apr 2003 |
Philippines |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Republic of Ireland |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Romania |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Singapore |
186 |
2 |
16 |
110 |
Yes |
22 Apr 2003 |
South Africa |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
9 Apr 2003 |
Spain |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Sweden |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Switzerland |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
None |
21 Apr 2003 |
Thailand |
7 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
None |
22 Apr 2003 |
United Kingdom |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Yes |
22 Apr 2003 |
United States |
38 |
-1 |
0 |
not available |
Yes |
21 Apr 2003 |
Viet Nam |
63 |
0 |
5 |
46 |
Yes |
17 Apr 2003 |
Total |
3947 |
80 |
229 |
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Notes As SARS is a diagnosis of exclusion, the status of a reported case may change over time. This means that previously reported cases may be discarded after further investigation and follow-up. 1. The start of the period of surveillance has been changed to 1 November 2002 to capture cases of atypical pneumonia in China that are now recognized as being cases of SARS. 2. Includes cases who are "discharged" or "recovered" as reported by the national public health authorities. 3. National public health authorities report to WHO on the areas in which local chain(s) of transmission is/are occurring. These areas are provided on the list of (See Affected Areas ). 4. One death attributed to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China occurred in a case medically transferred from Viet Nam.
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To: _Jim
See the table I posted for numbers of recovered persons. Sorry to ping you so much.
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