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- Wapo:sars-like Virus Has High Mortality Rate In Saudi Arabia, Specialists Say
A new virus responsible for an outbreak of respiratory illness in the Middle Eastmay be more deadly than SARS, according to a team of infectious disease specialists who recently investigated a set of cases in Saudi Arabia.Of 23 confirmed cases in...
- More On The Bubonic Plague Outbreak In The Maghreb Amongst Aqim
Rumors of a plague outbreak among al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members in the caves of Algeria's eastern Tizi Ouzou province first appeared in Algiers' Arabic language Ech Chorouk el-Youmi newspaper on January 6. The story...
- A Bit Of History On The Bubonic Plague
Over at this thread at Jihad Watch, Max Publius of the blog Brave News World left the following information: Muslims caused the Black Death in Europe by biological warfare. This may be one of Islam's few innovations. Muslims catapulted diseased, dead...
- Bio-weapon Gone Wrong Killed Algerian Terrorists?
Boy, I must admit, sometimes I'm a real idiot. Forty members of Al Qaeda die of the plague, and I thought nothing of it. I figured, well, they hang out in caves, with rats, they don't have medical care, of course, they are likely to get sick...
- 1340 Alert
Bring Out Your Dead. . . Both Ace of Spades and Jawa Report wonder if some kind of nasty bio shenanigans weren't afoot here. Me, too. I hope the bastards suffered. from The Sun Deadliest weapon so far... the plague By ALEX WEST Published: Today...
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The Return Of The Son Of The Black Death?
Bubonic plague reported in Libya The World Health Organization (WHO) is sending an expert to Libya to look into a reported outbreak of bubonic plague not far from the Egyptian border... FLASHBACK: Bubonic plague killing al-Qaeda in Algeria |
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Libya records 13 cases of bubonic plague
Thirteen cases of bubonic plague have been recorded in eastern Libya, near the border with Egypt, Health Minister Mohamad Hijazi told AFP on Wednesday, stressing the situation was under control.
"Thirteen cases of the plague have been recorded in a village 30 kilometres (20 miles) away from Tobruk. Eleven people have already (been treated and) left hospital," he said, without reporting any deaths.
Libyan media have spoken of between one and three fatalities.
"The situation is under control. We are leading a massive campaign to clean up and disinfect the place," said Hijazi, explaining that the illness was caused by rising rat numbers attracted by livestock being reared near homes.
He said cowsheds had been destroyed and a foreign pest control firm sent to eradicate the rats, in an operation to be supervised by a World Health Organisation (WHO) representative and a French expert.
Hijazi said the illness had previously hit Libya in the 1970s and 1980s.
The plague is "primarily a disease of rodents and their fleas, which can infect humans. It is transmitted between rodents by rodent fleas, and can be transmitted to people when infected rodent fleas bite them," according to WHO.
"Plague is a very severe disease in people, with case fatality rates of 50-60 percent if left untreated."
- Wapo:sars-like Virus Has High Mortality Rate In Saudi Arabia, Specialists Say
A new virus responsible for an outbreak of respiratory illness in the Middle Eastmay be more deadly than SARS, according to a team of infectious disease specialists who recently investigated a set of cases in Saudi Arabia.Of 23 confirmed cases in...
- More On The Bubonic Plague Outbreak In The Maghreb Amongst Aqim
Rumors of a plague outbreak among al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members in the caves of Algeria's eastern Tizi Ouzou province first appeared in Algiers' Arabic language Ech Chorouk el-Youmi newspaper on January 6. The story...
- A Bit Of History On The Bubonic Plague
Over at this thread at Jihad Watch, Max Publius of the blog Brave News World left the following information: Muslims caused the Black Death in Europe by biological warfare. This may be one of Islam's few innovations. Muslims catapulted diseased, dead...
- Bio-weapon Gone Wrong Killed Algerian Terrorists?
Boy, I must admit, sometimes I'm a real idiot. Forty members of Al Qaeda die of the plague, and I thought nothing of it. I figured, well, they hang out in caves, with rats, they don't have medical care, of course, they are likely to get sick...
- 1340 Alert
Bring Out Your Dead. . . Both Ace of Spades and Jawa Report wonder if some kind of nasty bio shenanigans weren't afoot here. Me, too. I hope the bastards suffered. from The Sun Deadliest weapon so far... the plague By ALEX WEST Published: Today...