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New arenavirus discovered as cause of hemorrhagic fever outbreak in South Africa and Zambia

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created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases of National Health Laboratory Service (NICD-NHLS), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...





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Scientists discover new arenavirus associated with hemorrhagic fever

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created Apr 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of Bolivian health authorities, U.S. Navy health experts based in Lima, Peru, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has characterized “Chapare arenavirus,” a previously unrecognized arenavirus, discovered ...


Scientists confirm new virus responsible for deaths of transplant recipients in Australia

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created Feb 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the first application of high throughput DNA sequencing technology to investigate an infectious disease outbreak, scientists from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Victorian Infectious Diseases ...


Scientists identify new lethal virus in Africa

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created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, ...



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