RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Animals could spread Ebola to 15 more African countries (Oxford scientists)

Agreed, Ken, but some scholars also believe that the bats and monkeys of Africa never ever had ebola-
until some were infected with the virus, in vaccine and biowar experiments - and subsequently transmitted it to
large parts of the animal population.

http://www.naturalnews.com/046331_Ebola_government_propaganda_medical_questions.html
21 Questions about Ebola


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i think i heard that ebola has been present in animal populations for a
very long time, so the communicable form must have become more recent.
the fact that bats travel far doesn't mean they will be transmitting
more frequently than they've done in the past.
ken

On 9/13/14, 7:33 PM, Pablo wrote:
> What could the nature of this modelling of this zoonotic vector be? My understanding from one of my colleagues who studies bats is that while they are specific to particular ecological zones, they migrate in and out, like birds, depending upon where food is, sometimes over quite a range. The other animals that feed off food/seeds they drop, or the bats themselves, do not travel but, of course, could be affected. Much depends on their sources of food and whether and how they can be disrupted. Thus, this report doesn't sound like sensationalism to me, but it still is not enough to claim an epidemic. So, so much depends upon diagnosis medical infrastructure and capacities humane isolation and for monitoring and surveillance, which many African states do not have.
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> Zoonotic diseases are not uncommon, indeed they are very common in that we are constant proximity of humans to animals. It's just that Ebola is so garishly dramatic and has such a high rate of likely death, even if it is not spread as easily as people might believe. However, if ever we needed another reminder what destructions of, or disruptions in, environments can do, this disease is a drastic example one.
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> Pablo
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> Sent from my grandfather's typewriter
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>> On Sep 13, 2014, at 2:47 PM, "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)" <emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:
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>> ..... and to the rest of the world? Birds are known to do trans- Atlantic flights.
>> .How far do bats fly?
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>> GE
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>> http://www.naturalnews.com/046834_Ebola_Africa_animal_transmission.html
>> Animals could spread Ebola to 15 more
>> African countries, warn Oxford scientists
>> Thursday, September 11, 2014 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
>> Tags: Ebola<http://www.naturalnews.com/Ebola.html>, Africa<http://www.naturalnews.com/Africa.html>, animal transmission
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>> (NaturalNews) At least 15 African countries, primarily in the central regions of the continent, are at high risk of Ebola being spread by animals, in addition to the previous seven countries that have reported cases of zoonotic transmission of the disease, according to new research out of the UK. Predictive models created by researchers from Oxford University suggest that the current Ebola outbreak will eventually be spread eastward by wildlife, affecting countries like Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in the coming months.
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>> Since the believed-to-be strain of Ebola currently spreading originated out of Central Africa, it remains a mystery how it ended up sparking the worst outbreak in history on Africa's western coast. But experts say it will eventually return to its homeland, where tens of thousands of people face infection and possible death.
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>> According to the research, which was published in the journal eLife, fruit bats, the primary vector for the disease, will likely spread the disease to humans living in Africa's central region. It is believed that multiple species of fruit bats are capable of carrying the disease, some without symptoms, and that these creatures will infect other bats and animals such as monkeys and rodents.
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>> http://www.naturalnews.com/046331_Ebola_government_propaganda_medical_questions.html
>> 21 Questions about Ebola
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