Not exact matches
To be the next SARS, the
virus has to be transmissible among people, and none
of the people who have
come into contact with the men, including hospital staff, show any
sign of infection.
The
virus, provisionally named «Schmallenberg
virus» after the German town from which the first positive samples
came, was detected in November in dairy cows that had shown
signs of infection with fever and a drastic reduction in milk production.
«For example, if a person affected with the Ebola
virus was in a movie theater the previous day, a monitoring alert could be issued to the other people who
came in contact with that person or who were in the vicinity and advise them to take precautionary measures and watch for any
signs of the disease such as fever or headache,» said Furht.
While the reduction in cases is a very promising
sign, past outbreaks have shown a long lag before complete elimination
of the
virus from the infected area and this unfortunate event reinforces that vigilance is still required and may be required for some time to
come in this area
of West Africa.»
Health The outbreak
of the extraordinarily lethal Ebola
virus has worsened in West Africa, with the contagion showing no
sign of coming under control, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday to warn Americans to avoid nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.