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...China: Outbreak, the Sequel
...outbreak of monkeypox in the Midwest, the first ever to hit the western hemisphere, left more than threescore sick. A far less lethal relative of the smallpox virus, monkeypox has hitherto been endemic only in Africa. So it came as little surprise when health authorities traced the outbreak to 28 prairie dogs in Milwaukee, Wis., destined to become household pets, that had come into contact with an infected giant Gambian pouched rat while in transit with a distributor. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announced an embargo on the importation of all rodents from Africa...
...Number of children reported to have died in an outbreak of encephalitis in the Chinese province of Guangdong...
...Even if health officials have successfully bottled up this outbreak, the disease could return next year?possibly in a more infectious form. Initial hopes that the virus would weaken as it passed through the human population proved false. Worse, mutations in the virus seem to accumulate and spread rapidly, which increases the likelihood that a nasty new variant could appear in the future?possibly next fall or winter, when environmental conditions could make SARS more contagious. (Some scientists theorize that SARS, like similar viral infections that produce colds, could settle into a seasonal pattern of infection.) "What we have...
...When the outbreak started we were not ready, and when it finished we were not ready." -Mike Rowse, Coordinator of initiatives to restore confidence in Hong Kong, on how the government handled SARS...