Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus
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The fruit bats species eaten by people in central Africa show evidence of symptomless Ebola infection where there is the first recorded human outbreak of Ebola virus. The human infection directly from fruit bats can be countered by education where animals are eaten as local population and other bat and animal species act as Ebola virus reservoirs.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Global network could avert pandemics
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Avail flu has spread in Asia and is likely to move across to other continents and could be transferred to humans causing a global crisis. An existing model, based on a network of US military overseas laboratories could be adopted which would will help in establishing a global surveillance network and counter the disease spread.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Host immunity and synchronized epidemics of syphilis across the United States
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Epidemics of primary and secondary syphilis infection in the United states is shown to represent a rare example of unforced, endogenous oscillations in disease incidence. The conclusion is supported by the absence of oscillations in gonorrhea cases, where a protective immune response is absent.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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