On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:14:15 GMT, "AlmostBob"
wrote in
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>Why go to SE Asia
>You can get hepatitis at home
True, as hepatitis is a general term for inflammation of the
liver. If talking Acute Viral Hepatitis, there are five
types: A, B, C, D, & E. More technical info at:
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch027/ch027b.html
However, there are diseases which will kill a lot quicker,
such as the famous "Black Death" or "Bubonic Plague" caused by
_Yersina pestis_.
"The Black Death, or The Black Plague, was one of the
most deadly pandemics in human history caused by a bacterium
named Yersinia pestis.[1] It probably began in Central Asia[2]
and spread to Europe by the late 1340s. The total number of
deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 85 million
people; there were an estimated 20 to 30 million deaths in
Europe. [3][4] The Black Death is estimated to have killed
between one-third and two-thirds of Europe's population.[5][6][7]
[Much more at]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
Does it still occur in the world?
According to the CDC there are 1,000 to 2,000 cases of bubonic
plague worldwide each year. There are no known cases in Australia
or Europe. Areas where cases occur are in Russia, the Middle
East, China, Southwest and Southeast Asia, Madagascar, southern
and eastern Africa, southwestern United States, the Andes
mountains, and Brazil.
http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/bubonicplague/a/111602.htm
However, another source includes southwestern Canada.
"In North America, plague is found in certain animals and
their fleas from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and from
southwestern Canada to Mexico. Most human cases in the United
States occur in two regions: 1) northern New Mexico, northern
Arizona, and southern Colorado; and 2) California, southern
Oregon, and far western Nevada. Plague also exists in Africa,
Asia, and South America (see map).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/
Every country has its risks, of course, but many are
avoidable, given a degree of "common sense"....which
actually is pretty uncommon. :-)
Cheers,
Kangaroo16
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