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Posted: February 08 2007 at 6:21pm |
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I never expected top see this... I just tossed up.... deadly mysoplasma... I do that a lot...put up any combination of words on search... I never thought I'd get an article like this.I also put up things like...Russia perpares for pandemic...etc to see whats brewing.
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Remember the high up career military... General? His son and grandson were effected by chems from the viet nam war. He was pretty shocked by the way the Gov treated the whole thing...his family was living it.
and the poor man had been a cog in it all.
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I read this a while ago. Not sure if it conspiracy theory or not but it actually sounded plausible.
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The genus Mycoplasma is one of several genera within the class Mollicutes. Mollicutes are bacteria which have small genomes, lack a cell wall and have low GC-content (18-40 mol%).
There are over 100 recognized species of the genus Mycoplasma. Their genome size ranges from 0.6 - 1.35 megabase-pairs.
Mollicutes are parasites or commensals of humans, other animals including insects, and plants;
It's true... that it is highly pathogenic...
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The pathogenic Mycoplasma used to be very innocuous, but biological warfare research conducted between 1942 and the present time has resulted in the creation of more deadly and infectious forms of Mycoplasma. Researchers extracted this mycoplasma from the Brucella bacterium and actually reduced the disease to a crystalline form. They "weaponised" it and tested it on an unsuspecting public in North America.
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Stupider... things have been done.
yes... I think you have the right word :) .... unless we see documentation....but would we ever?
I just found this...
is that Australia?
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It's Nasty stuff....
The Latest Controversies: Food for Thought or the Twilight Zone On the basis of the above information, the virulence strategies displayed by mycoplasmas are likely the summation of a multitude of biological activities (1).
AIDS
The role of mycoplasmas in accelerating the progression of AIDS could not have begun under more baffling and circuitous conditions.
Malignant Transformation
As early as the mid-1960s, mycoplasma-infected cell lines were associated with chromosomal aberrations, altered morphologies, and cell transformation (77,78).
Gulf War Syndrome
One of the most controversial current medical issues is whether the multiple acute and chronic symptoms found in veterans of the Persian Gulf War were caused by chemical exposure, infectious agents, or psychological problems, or whether a Gulf War Syndrome exists at all. The clinical illness comprises a collection of symptoms, including chronic fatigue, joint pain, headaches, and skin rashes. One study suggests that pathogenic mycoplasmas are responsible for a large number of cases among veterans,
Crohn's Disease
Several epidemiologic studies correlate respiratory infections with exacerbation of Crohn's disease and other chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (7,79). Acute onset gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with these diseases are accompanied by seroconversion to specific viral or M. pneumoniae antigens. As indicated earlier, mycoplasmas can elicit pleiotropic immune responses and are difficult to eliminate in patients despite appropriate antibiotic treatment. Steroid therapy to control gastrointestinal symptoms in these patients, along with the multifaceted biological properties associated with pathogenic mycoplasmas, may precipitate the onset of acute exacerbations of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Human Arthritides
The occurrence of various Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species in joint tissues of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, sexually transmitted reactive arthritis, and other human arthritides can no longer be ignored (8).
Extensive clinical and microbiological evidence indicates that mycoplasmas alone can elicit a spectrum of illness for which no other agents are incriminated. The eradication of these pathogenic mycoplasmas from various tissue sites requires an intact and functional immune system, although persons with fully competent immune systems may have difficulty eliminating mycoplasmas,
The fundamental importance of mycoplasmas in specific diseases of humans, animals, insects, and plants is irrefutable, and their unique biological properties are consistent with their intimate association with host target cells. These remarkable bacteria must continue to receive the scientific attention of mycoplasmologists, cell culturists, clinicians, immunologists, and DNA sequencers who most recently are compiling extensive databases that may eventually dissect every approachable mycoplasmal element that defines their biological and genetic being. Nonetheless, mycoplasmas remain mysterious and enigmatic, and the available data and proposed hypotheses that correlate mycoplasmas with disease pathogenesis range from definitive, provocative, and titillating to inconclusive, confusing, and heretical. Controversy seems to be a recurrent companion of mycoplasmas, yet good science and openmindedness should overcome the legacy that has burdened them for decades.
Acknowledgments
Dr. Baseman is professor and chair, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. His research focuses on pathogen-host cell interactions with special interest in defining the biology and virulence determinants of mycoplasmas pathogenic for humans.
Dr. Tully heads the Mycoplasma Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland. His interest covers the host distribution, pathogenicity, and taxonomy of mollicutes.
Address for correspondence: Joel B. Baseman, Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284-7758; fax: 210-567-6491; e-mail: baseman@uthscsa.edu.
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This is exactly why, I do not believe that we can not get a vaccine for BF. I think that we are way to advanced technologicaly to have a virus effect us in the exact same way it did in 1918. Do a then and now comparison from a scientific standpoint. There is no comparison.
I think, that if this virus mutates it is because it was designed to, or allowed to. I would like to see a list of how many inter-national millionaires and billionaires died of Spainish Flu. If this one hits, someone out there, needs to survive and see how many get it, and die from it, this time around. I bet not many if any.
If we do not have a cure, it is by someones choice.
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hi... i just read... "The Rockefeller Women"
according to that book...only one child in their extended familiy died
from the flu in 1918. They ALWAys... kept their children from the masses.
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A Laboratory-Made Disease Agent
Many doctors don't know about this mycoplasma disease agent because it was developed by the US military in biological warfare experimentation and it was not made public. This pathogen was patented by the United States military and Dr Shyh-Ching Lo. I have a copy of the documented patent from the US Patent Office.1 All the countries at war were experimenting with biological weapons. In 1942, the governments of the United States, Canada and Britain entered into a secret agreement to create two types of biological weapons (one that would kill, and one that was disabling) for use in the war against Germany and Japan, who were also developing biological weapons. While they researched a number of disease pathogens, they primarily focused on the Brucella bacterium and began to weaponise it. not thrilling...
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Guys....
I am soooo not afraid of bird flu anymore.
I figure our Pentagon Pals will Kill us first....
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17287243&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
1: J Trop Pediatr. 2007 Feb 7; [Epub ahead of print]
Contribution of Viruses, Chlamydia spp. andMycoplasma pneumoniae to Acute Respiratory Infections in Iranian Children.Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Namdjoo Avenue, Rasht, Iran; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK; Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK. The study reports the frequency and clinical presentation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus, influenza (Inf V), parainfluenza, adenovirus (Adv), Chlamydia spp. and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infections (ARI) in Rasht, Iran. Nasopharyngeal aspirates and swabs were collected from 261 children in 2003 and 2004. Pathogens were detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR), confirmed with sequence analysis. Ninety-three pathogens were detected in 83 children. RSV was present in 39 (15%), Adv in 37 (14%), Inf A in 11 (4%), C. trachomatis in 4 (2%) and M. pneumoniae, in 2 (1%) children. Neither parainfluenza nor metapneumovirus were detected. RSV, Inf A and C. trachomatis were more frequent in children with lower respiratory infections. Adv presented more frequently as upper respiratory infection. All pathogens, except M. pneumoniae, were detected in children with severe pneumonia. Viruses play a significant role in Iranian children with community-acquired ARI. PMID: 17287243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Detection of viral, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in exacerbations of asthma in children.
Laboratory of Human and Molecular Virology, University Hospital, Caen, France. freymuth-f@chu-caen.fr BACKGROUND: A high frequency of virus infections has been recently pointed out in the exacerbations of asthma in children. OBJECTIVES: To confirm this, using conventional and molecular detection methods, and expanding the study to younger children. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred and thirty-two nasal aspirates from 75 children hospitalized for a severe attack of asthma were studied (32 infants, mean age 9.1 months; and 43 children, mean age 5.6 years). According to the virus, a viral isolation technique, immunofluorescence assays (IFA) or both were used for the detection of rhinovirus, enterovirus, respiratory syncytial (RS) virus, adenovirus, coronavirus 229E, influenza and parainfluenza virus. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were used for the detection of rhinovirus, enterovirus, RS virus, adenovirus, coronavirus 229E and OC43, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. RESULTS: Using IFA and viral isolation techniques, viruses were detected in 33.3% of cases, and by PCR techniques, nucleic acid sequences of virus, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae were obtained in 71.9% of cases. The combination of conventional and molecular techniques detects 81.8% of positive samples. Two organisms were identified in the same nasal sample in 20.4% of the cases. The percentage of detections was higher (85.9%) in the younger group than in the other (77%). The most frequently detected agents were rhinovirus (46.9%) and RS virus (21.2%). Using PCR rather than conventional techniques, the detection rates were increased 5.8- and 1.6-fold in rhinovirus and RS virus infections, respectively. The detection levels of the other organisms are as follows: 9.8, 5.1, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 3.7, and 2.2% for enterovirus, influenza virus, Chlamydia pneumoniae, adenovirus, coronavirus, parainfluenza virus, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, respectively. CONCLUSION: These results confirm the previously reported high frequency of rhinovirus detection in asthmatic exacerbations in children. They also point out the frequency of RS virus detection, and emphasize the fact that PCR assays may be necessary to diagnose respiratory infections in asthma. PMID: 10443789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17282966&itool=iconfft&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum1: J Formos Med Assoc. 2007 Jan;106(1):16-24Detection of Human Metapneumovirus in Hospitalized Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection Using Real-time RT-PCR in a Hospital in Northern Taiwan.Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Background/Purpose: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a newly discovered respiratory pathogen. This prospective hospital-based study investigated the clinical role and features of hMPV in Taiwan. Methods: Respiratory specimens collected from hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection between September 1, 2003 and April 10, 2005 were screened for metapneumovirus using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results: During the study period, 930 specimens were obtained from 926 hospitalized children. After exclusion of 200 cases due to lack of clinical evidence of airway infection or diseases with known etiology, 726 were included in the analysis. Among these, 33 children had a positive result for hMPV infection. The majority of these patients were admitted during spring and early summer. Twenty-one (63.6%) were younger than 2 years of age. hMPV accounted for 13.3% of respiratory infections occurring between the ages of 18 and 24 months and was as common a respiratory pathogen as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in that age group. The 11 patients (33.3%) with underlying diseases had a similar disease course to those without underlying diseases. A co-pathogen was found in 11 patients (33.3%). Infected children between 2 and 5 years of age had significantly higher titers of hMPV in their respiratory specimens (103.88 copies/microL) than children younger than 2 years (102.26 copies/microL) (p = 0.013) and children older than 5 years (102.25 copies/microL) (p = 0.005). hMPV positive cases were significantly older than those with RSV infection (p = 0.002) and had a shorter duration of hospitalization (p = 0.001), fewer days of oxygen use (p = 0.001) and higher levels of C-reactive protein (p = 0.004). Conclusion: Metapneumovirus circulates in children in northern Taiwan during spring and early summer. hMPV was the most common respiratory pathogen in children aged between 18 and 24 months hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infection. Real-time RT-PCR is a sensitive method for investigating the epidemiology and diseases associated with hMPV. PMID: 17282966 [PubMed - in process] |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17265454&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_docsum1: J Neurosci Res. 2007 Jan 30; [Epub ahead of print]Evidence for Mycoplasma ssp., Chlamydia pneunomiae, and human herpes virus-6 coinfections in the blood of patients with autistic spectrum disorders.The Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, California. We examined the blood of 48 patients from central and southern California diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) by using forensic polymerase chain reaction and found that a large subset (28/48 or 58.3%) of patients showed evidence of Mycoplasma spp. infections compared with two of 45 (4.7%) age-matched control subjects (odds ratio = 13.8, P < 0.001). Because ASD patients have a high prevalence of one or more Mycoplasma spp. and sometimes show evidence of infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae, we examined ASD patients for other infections. Also, the presence of one or more systemic infections may predispose ASD patients to other infections, so we examined the prevalence of C. pneumoniae (4/48 or 8.3% positive, odds ratio = 5.6, P < 0.01) and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6, 14/48 or 29.2%, odds ratio = 4.5, P < 0.01) coinfections in ASD patients. We found that Mycoplasma-positive and -negative ASD patients had similar percentages of C. pneumoniae and HHV-6 infections, suggesting that such infections occur independently in ASD patients. Control subjects also had low rates of C. pneumoniae (1/48 or 2.1%) and HHV-6 (4/48 or 8.3%) infections, and there were no coinfections in control subjects. The results indicate that a large subset of ASD patients shows evidence of bacterial and/or viral infections (odds ratio = 16.5, P < 0.001). The significance of these infections in ASD is discussed in terms of appropriate treatment. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. PMID: 17265454 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=128875071: APMIS. 2003 May;111(5):557-66.Multiple co-infections (Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, human herpes virus-6) in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients: association with signs and symptoms.The Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, California 92649, USA. gnicolson@immed.org Previously we and others found that a majority of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients showed evidence of systemic mycoplasmal infections, and their blood tested positive using a polymerase chain reaction assay for at least one of the four following Mycoplasma species: M. fermentans, M. hominis, M. pneumoniae or M. penetrans. Consistent with previous results, patients in the current study (n=200) showed a high prevalence (overall 52%) of mycoplasmal infections. Using forensic polymerase chain reaction we also examined whether these same patients showed evidence of infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae (overall 7.5% positive) and/or active human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6, overall 30.5% positive). Since the presence of one or more infections may predispose patients to other infections, we examined the prevalence of C. pneumoniae and HHV-6 active infections in mycoplasma-positive and -negative patients. Unexpectedly, we found that the incidence of C. pneumoniae or HHV-6 was similar in Mycoplasma-positive and -negative patients, and the converse was also found in active HHV-6-positive and -negative patients. Control subjects (n=100) had low rates of mycoplasmal (6%), active HHV-6 (9%) or chlamydial (1%) infections, and there were no co-infections in control subjects. Differences in bacterial and/or viral infections in CFS patients compared to control subjects were significant. Severity and incidence of patients' signs and symptoms were compared within the above groups. Although there was a tendency for patients with multiple infections to have more severe signs and symptoms (p<0.01), the only significant differences found were in the incidence and severity of certain signs and symptoms in patients with multiple co-infections of any type compared to the other groups (p<0.01). There was no correlation between the type of co-infection and severity of signs and symptoms. The results indicate that a large subset of CFS patients show evidence of bacterial and/or viral infection(s), and these infections may contribute to the severity of signs and symptoms found in these patients. PMID: 12887507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=104020691: Rheumatology (Oxford). 1999 Jun;38(6):504-9Detection of mycoplasmal infections in blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1041, USA. OBJECTIVE: Mycoplasmal infections are associated with several acute and chronic illnesses. Some mycoplasmas can enter a variety of tissues and cells, and cause system-wide or systemic signs and symptoms. METHODS: Patients (14 female, 14 male) diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were investigated for mycoplasmal infections in their blood leucocytes using a forensic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure. Amplification was performed with genus- and species-specific primers, and a specific radiolabelled internal probe was used for Southern hybridization with the PCR product. Patients were investigated for the presence of Mycoplasma spp., and positive cases were further tested for infections with the following species: M. fermentans, M. hominis, M. pneumoniae and M. penetrans. RESULTS: The Mycoplasma spp. sequence, which is not entirely specific for mycoplasmas, was amplified from the peripheral blood of 15/28 patients (53.6%) and specific PCR products could not be detected in 13 patients (46.4%). Significant differences (P < 0.001) were found between patients and positive healthy controls in the genus test (3/32) and in the specific tests (0/32). Moreover, the incidence of mycoplasmal infections was similar in female and male patients. Using species-specific primers, we were able to detect infections with M. fermentans (8/28), M. pneumoniae (5/28), M. hominis (6/28) and M. penetrans (1/28) in RA patients. In 36% of the patients, we observed more than one Mycoplasma species in the blood leucocytes. All multiple infections occurred as combinations of M. fermentans with other species. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that a high percentage of RA patients have systemic mycoplasmal infections. Systemic mycoplasmal infections may be an important cofactor in the pathogenesis of RA, and their role needs to be explored further. PMID: 10402069 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Atherosclerosis. 2005 May;180(1):209-10.
Increased titer of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae may be associated with coronary heart disease.PMID: 15823295 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=9792256
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The prevalence of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as detected by polymerase chain reaction in pharyngeal samples from patients with ischaemic heart disease.Department of Cardiology, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. AIMS: Cross-sectional serological studies have suggested an association between ischaemic heart disease and infections from Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori. We therefore sought to find out if patients with ischaemic heart disease had an increased prevalence of C. pneumoniae in the pharynx. As the course of the C. pneumoniae infection remains unclear, both acute and follow-up samples were taken and compared with antibody levels. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 282 patients with ischaemic heart disease. One hundred and two subjects without history or symptoms of ischaemic heart disease served as controls. Pharyngeal specimens for polymerase chain reaction detection of C. pneumoniae, and blood samples for C. pneumoniae and H. pylori antibody detection, were collected. In patients with positive polymerase chain reaction or C. pneumoniae IgA titres > or = 32, indicating current infection, convalescent samples were taken at least 6 weeks later. An immunofluorescent antigen detection test was used to confirm the presence of C. pneumoniae elementary bodies in specimens found to be polymerase chain reaction positive. The prevalence of positive polymerase chain reaction tests was 36% among patients and 22% among controls (P<0.05). Forty-seven percent of patients with positive polymerase chain reaction remained positive in the convalescent test. Elevated C. pneumoniae IgG titres > or = 512 were found in 39% of patients and 26% of the controls (P<0.05). IgA titres > or = 32 were found in 46% of the patients and 44% of the controls (ns). Antibody titres remained largely unchanged at convalescent testing. Two patients and none of the controls had IgM titres > 16. There was no link between positive H. pylori serology and positive C. pneumoniae polymerase chain reaction tests. CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence and persistence of positive pharyngeal C. pneumoniae polymerase chain reaction and elevated antibody titres in patients with ischaemic heart disease indicate a chronic infection. The pharyngeal presence of C. pneumoniae might contribute to a low grade inflammatory activation or be a source for further spread of the bacteria to atherosclerotic vessels. PMID: 9792256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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wherever Mycoplasma came from.... it sure gets around....
The occurrence of various Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species in joint tissues of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, sexually transmitted reactive arthritis, and other human arthritides can no longer be ignored (8).
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AnnHarra awesome thread thankyou ...................
I read your thread and was searching for animal stuff when Russia popped up with this disease they hadn't had for 15 years .. Brucellosis, ovine - Russia ...better add this { This disease is dangerous for humans also. Brucellosis is
sometimes known as the Maltese fever. It is possible to catch brucellosis through [consumption of] milk and uncooked meat from sick animals, and also from direct contact with [the sick animals", according to Rosselkhosnadzor experts. "Therefore, the 8 people [who had] direct contact with the infected animals are under quarantine." } NEXUS: Mycoplasma AnnHarra these are popping up a lot , I don't post everyone I read people would throw things at me for posting too much , I am with you . BF fades in concern as the we move thru this thread ...Sorry for the lines they happened can't remove..
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BRUCELLOSIS, OVINE - RUSSIA (SAMARA, ORENBURG) ***************************************** A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: Wednesday 7 February 2007 From: ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org Source: News Agency "Samara-today" [translated by Ass. Mod. NP, edited] <http://news.samaratoday.ru/showNews.php?id=106420> 400 sheep fallen ill with brucellosis destroyed in the Samara region, 8 humans under quarantine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Management for veterinary and phytosanitary inspection for the Rosselkhosnadzor [Federal Agency for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance- NP] in the Samara region has reported that more than 400 sheep sick with brucellosis have been destroyed in the Samara region. " The dangerous infection in the Samara region came from the adjoining Orenburg [region -NP]. Cattle breeders of the Guskov' private farm located in settlement of Bugry in the Kinelsky district brought sheep [infected] with brucellosis to their own farm. After the disease was detected, the farmers hastily tried to resell the sick flock in the Kamyshlinsky district for a cheap price. Following the death of more than 30 animals, veterinarians diagnosed brucellosis", the agency spokesperson reported. The veterinary service has informed the Office of the Public Prosecutor. It was noted that the veterinary science law on quarantine was broken. The state veterinary inspectors assume that a criminal case will be opened in connection with this violation of the quarantine law. The Rosselkhosnadzor [spokesperson] emphasized that brucellosis in animals has not been recorded in the Samara region for more than 15 years. "This disease is dangerous for humans also. Brucellosis is sometimes known as the Maltese fever. It is possible to catch brucellosis through [consumption of] milk and uncooked meat from sick animals, and also from direct contact with [the sick animals", according to Rosselkhosnadzor experts. "Therefore, the 8 people [who had] direct contact with the infected animals are under quarantine." Within the coming month it will become clear whether it has been possible to avoid [further transmission] of brucellosis in the Samara area. According to the experts, it is good that it is now winter and sick cattle cannot bathe in the reservoirs as the brucellosis [organism] is capable of spreading [widely when water is contaminated. [If the disease has been noted in sheep, why are they discussing sick cattle? Is there something we are not being told? - Mod. MHJ] -- ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org> [The Samara region is located in the southeastern part of the European territory of Russia in the basin of the Volga, the largest river in Europe. The region has the area of 53.6 thousand sq.km (0,31 percent of the total territory of Russia ). In the north it borders on the Republic of Tatarstan, in the south - the Saratov area, in the east - the Orenburg area, and, in the northwest - the Ulyanovsk area. The Orenburg region is located in the foothills of the Southern Ural mountains. It borders Kazakhstan in the south, the Samara region in the west and northwest, and the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Chelyabisnk region in the north. The total area is 124 000 sq. km. The population is 2 150 000 inhabitants(2005 census). The capital city of the region is Orenburg - Ass.Mod.NP] [If sheep died, this was most probably associated with _Brucella melitensis_, and not _Brucella ovis_ nor _Brucella abortus_. There are no reports of _Brucella melitensis for Russia in recent years but it was a constant from 2004 back. See: <http://www.oie.int/hs2/sit_pays_mald_pl.asp?c_pays=162&c_mald=48> - Mod.MHJ] [For a map of the involved areas, see: <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/russiaaddivisions.jpg>. The above mentioned areas border with Kazakhstan on the south and can be clearly seen on this map. - Mod.MPP] [See also: 2005 ----- Brucellosis, human - Russia (Dagestan)20050826.2523 Brucellosis, ovine - Russia (Perm)20050303.0652 2004 ----- Brucellosis, human, livestock - Russia (Moscow)20040102.0008 1999 ----- Brucellosis - Russia (Chechnya): alert19991108.1999 ] .........................mpp/mhj/mpp *##########################################################* |
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Good read ... sorry for messy post below.
From CDC Code-based Syndromic Surveillance for Influenzalike Illness by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision
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"...these are popping up a lot , I don't post everyone I read people would throw things at me for posting too much..." (Candles) Candles...I'm trying not to laugh... cause people have thought that of me for sure :) I believe that the Gov. may have tossed out some bacteria...stupidly, not looking down the road. I dearly love the USA... but we do... now have to live with the consequenses of powerful people's not well thought out actions. :( Thanks so much for your posts and time you put in here... After reading on all these emerging diseases for a year, thing become clear. Our systems are having difficulty recovering from one illness to the next to the point of The old way was... well that one didn't kill it...thet's try this one. |
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I believe that this has happened. My sister and others in the special education field have wondered why there is such a up swing to say the least in Autism. It has been blamed on vaccines, but too many people have recieved vaccines and not had these problems. I think this makes more sense. That is just my own uneducated opinion. I also have noticed a huge increase in people being on anti-depressants. If one takes those two things into consideration and adds them to the diseases we are talking about here, almost the entire population has something.
Here is the one of the biggest problems, how in the world do we explain this to physicians? If they laugh, and mine do, about bird flu, can you see me, going in and asking for my son who has systemic lupus to be tested for micoplasm and telling them that the government put it in the atmosphere? I am afraid, they will have me committed. Yet, I would very much like to do this. What are any of your sugggestions, on what we can do with this information?
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hi..vstr ... I know how that is... I felt like I should put up my photo so
everyone could see that even though I post this odd stuff...I'm actually
pretty normal..
You are on the money with the upsurge in childhood problems...
I just saw an article on it...I'll look for it, and post it.
We should do it... take the info to our Doc's. Mine is a little more accepting of the BF at this time. earlier he was not. I imagine with so much to do real time he can't get too far into the future.
I will be using info from original sources... IE.. from the 2 sources above and PubMed and this fellow..
Acknowledgments
Dr. Baseman is professor and chair, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. His research focuses on pathogen-host cell interactions with special interest in defining the biology and virulence determinants of mycoplasmas pathogenic for humans. rather than...nexus mag...someone made fun of that source...(guy on Ins. thread.)
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I'll print it all in color for my Doc at the library.
I also give this sort of info to my congressman.
find yours here...
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Something I forget to mention about the Rockefeller family,who
had only one child in their extended family die in the pandemic...according to the book I read.
They used a Homeopathic doctor.
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