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Scientists believe Ebola virus made just that kind of jump, from monkeys into humans; so did other African viruses such as Marburg and the mysterious X that broke out in Sudan. And many more are likely to emerge. "In the Brazilian rain forest," says Dr. Robert Shope, a Yale epidemiologist, "we know of at least 50 different viruses that have the capacity of making people sick. There are probably hundreds more that we haven't found...
Creating a vaccine for each strain of flu isn't exactly simple either. "First," says Yale's Shope, "we have to discover something new is happening. Then we have to find a manufacturer willing to make a vaccine. Then the experts have to meet and decide what goes into the vaccine. Then the factory has to find enough hens' eggs in which to grow the vaccine. There are just a lot of logistical concerns...
...infected Yale researcher who originally helped show that this was a brand-new virus. That is still almost all scientists know about it. Says Dr. Robert Shope, director of the Yale virus lab: "We're reasoning by analogy to other arenaviruses that Sabia has a rodent reservoir. Once the reservoir and transmission are understood, it should be possible to take measures to control the infection. This is our ultimate...
That is also the aim for the scores of other viruses that the Yale lab and a select few others in the U.S. receive constantly from around the world. Says Shope: "About 100 of the viruses we have can infect people, and of those, 10% to 20% can kill." But even if scientists find ways to deal with all of those, there will always be more. New viruses are continually leaping from animal populations, where they have circulated harmlessly for years, into humans, and the problem has only become worse as people have moved into formerly uninhabited areas...
...order to counter problems, delegates wrote into the compact a clause which nullifies state laws inconsistent with the agreement, adds Shope...