Saturday, April 09, 2005
oh, fu*k! You know what I'm saying.....
CultureGhost has a post that simply says "Scary Word For The Day - Marburg". I didn't know what it meant, so googled...from UN Stresses Speedy Diagnosis in Fighting Deadly Marburg Disease in Angola...Yesterday the UN launched a three-month $3.5 million flash appeal to combat Marburg, of the same family as the deadly Ebola, which begins with severe diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and chest and lung pains, with a high proportion developing severe haemorrhage in the gastrointestinal tract and lungs.
Close contact with bodily fluids of infected people, as in medical care or burial, appears to increase the risk of infection and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the most urgent needs are protective clothing for health workers, disinfectants, body bags, emergency kits and essential drugs....
Close contact with bodily fluids of infected people, as in medical care or burial, appears to increase the risk of infection and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the most urgent needs are protective clothing for health workers, disinfectants, body bags, emergency kits and essential drugs....
