-Caveat Lector-
The bubonic plague has been raging in pandemic proportions worldwide for
decades...hardly news...except to report that what experts have feared
for so long seems to be occuring, namely that it is finally breaking out
of the rodent population into human...
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Carl Amedio wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Bubonic Plague Confirmed in Namibia
>Monday, May 10, 1999; 12:14 p.m. EDT
>
>WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) -- Local medical authorities confirmed Monday an
>outbreak of bubonic plague in Namibia's populous north-central region that
>has killed three of the 73 people with the disease.
>
>Dr. Naftali Hamata of the Namibian health ministry said tests done at the
>South African Institute for Medical Research last week showed that six of 11
>samples sent for analysis proved positive for bubonic plague. He said the
>other five cases may also still prove positive, but more testing must be
>done.
>
>``Even though not all of them are confirmed to have the disease, we are
>taking no chances and testing everyone,'' he said.
>
>Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, killed an estimated 25 million
>people in Europe between 1346 and 1351, wiping out nearly one-third of the
>population. The disease is transmitted by fleas infecting rats which in turn
>infect humans. If left untreated, it can kill within three to five days.
>
>Today, it is easily treatable by powerful modern antibiotics.
>
>Hamata said his ministry suspected the outbreak was caused by young cattle
>herders who came into contact with rats carrying the virus while hunting them
>for food.
>
>Outbreaks of the disease in the area have been reported since the early
>1960s, Hamata said.
>
>``We are having all the affected homesteads in the area sprayed (with
>pesticide) at the moment, but you have to catch every rat to be sure it is
>gone,'' he said.
>
>
>� Copyright 1999 The Associated Press
June
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