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Spotted fever is caused by an unusual microbe, halfway between viruses and bacteria. It is harbored by ticks, which live in scrub and especially around garbage dumps, and gets to man either when a tick lands directly on him for a free mean or-more commonly-when a tick nestles in a dog's fur and transfers later to his master. Either way, the tick's bite gets the microbe into the bloodstream, where it multiplies. It soon causes high fever, splitting headache, severe muscle aches and mental confusion. Many other diseases produce similar symptoms, but spotted fever...
...telltale symptoms of hepatitis. A team of Air Force medics headed by Major Ralph D. Reynolds reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine that the virtually certain source was water leaking from the freeze balls. The water also carried whooping-cough germs, an amoeba and four species of bacteria, including at least three that cause dysentery. There was a strong suggestion of "fecal contamination...
...down a plan to have the Red Cross ship food through federal territory to Biafra. But Gowon insists on federal handling of any such shipments, and the Biafrans fear that his men would poison the food: they cite instances of beer laced with cyanide and powdered milk infected with bacteria found in Biafra. Even if Gowon allows the shipment, says Biafran Chief Justice Louis Mbanefo, "we would not touch...
Then, as results came in from experimental plantings two years ago, the miracle proved highly vulnerable to such mundane enemies as bacteria, blight and insects. It required expensive nitrogen fertilization and often broke during milling. Many Asians, who prefer their rice sticky and manageable in the bowl, found IR8 too starchy and dry. Indonesians, in particular, complained because the stubby IR8 stalks had to be cut with a larger blade than could be concealed in the hand. That, they felt, offended their rice goddess...
...finally they succeeded. Their salt, made from cesium and, in substance, similar to vinegar, preserves ribosome structure, at least. This by itself is a major success because it should allow studies on animal ribosome structure, which up to now were only possible with the more stable ribosomes from bacteria...