What do we know about LASSA? It's viral, it's dangerous, and it
causes Hemorrhagic Viral Fever transmitted by urine and fecal
droppings of the "Mastomys natalensis" rat. They urinate and
defecate in the dust and it's made airborne by sweeping the dust
into the immediate atmosphere. It's absorbed into the lungs via the
aerosol method. By this method viruses and bacteria are pulled into
the lungs by breathing. Now that the infectious agents are in the
lungs the infection begins. This infection is then followed by an
influenza-like syndrome that occurs some 7-12 days later. It is
only fatal in sixteen percent of the cases. In some outbreaks there
have been death rates of as high as thirty percent.
What was different about this outbreak? We had identified it as
Lassa. Doctor Isabella Casal was one of the world's leading
Virologists. Her work at the Pasture Institute came on the top of a
brilliant career in the field of Virology working with the likes of
Don MacCormick. Doctor MacCormick and Doctor Casal were probably
the world's foremost experts on the Lassa virus. Santiago trusted
her work and her opinion. In his experience with her in the past he
had never known her to make a mistake in the identification of a
virus. She was sure this was Lassa. It looked like Lassa and
responded to Lassa antibodies, although not as strongly as she had
known in the past. No matter how pure she made the sample of Lassa
and how many antibodies she added to the mixture it would not react
strongly, but it did react. It was Lassa, she would bet her career
on it. But deep down inside she had a feeling that it was a
different Lassa. Somehow it had the ability to be more resistant to
the antibodies even if only for a short time. This meant that it
had the ability to be more of an infection obstacle for the
antibodies than did the usual virus.
General
Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2003 |
First published: |
September 2003 |
Authors: |
James Oliver White
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Dimensions: |
234 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
164 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-28221-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-595-28221-0 |
Barcode: |
9780595282210 |
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