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originally posted by: pteridine
I don't have time to negotiate the ATS posting pics process. See
4chan 241086120 (OP) # in /pol/ politically incorrect
Chinese researcher who now works in Wuhan biolab was on a paper from UNC Chapel Hill that modified bat virus to see if it could infect humans. It could.
Bat viruses
Coronaviruses
The 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and the 2012 outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome have been traced to have an origin in bats.
Coronaviruses are positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses with four genera, Alphacoronaviruses, betacoronaviruses, gammacoronaviruses, and deltacoronaviruses. Of these four, alphacoroanviruses and betacoronaviruses are bat-borne
Lyssavirus (from the Greek λύσσα lyssa "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin vīrus) is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. The genus Lyssavirus includes the rabies virus traditionally associated with that disease.
Evolution
There are three phylogeographic groups of lyssaviruses:
1 -3. Rabies belongs to group 1, along with Aravan lyssavirus, Australian bat lyssavirus, Bokeloh bat lyssavirus, Duvenhage virus, European bat lyssavirus 1 and 2, Gannoruwa bat lyssavirus, Irkut lyssavirus and Khujand lyssavirus.
Members of group 2 include Lagos bat virus, Mokola virus and Shimoni bat virus. Members of group 3 include Ikoma lyssavirus and Lleida bat lyssavirus. Phyogenetic studies suggest that the original hosts of these viruses were bats. [/b
The Lassa virus is so named because, in 1969, it was first isolated and correlated as the causative agent of Lassa fever in a small town called Lassa in North-eastern Nigeria.
Lassa fever is endemic in parts of west Africa including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria; however, other neighboring countries are also at risk, as the animal vector for Lassa virus, the “multimammate rat” (Mastomys natalensis) is distributed throughout the region.
Lassa virus consists of four lineages, three of these lineages are located in Nigeria, while the other can be found in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Lione.
The number of Lassa virus infections per year in West Africa is estimated at 100,000 to 300,000 with approximately 5,000 deaths.
In some areas of Sierra Leone and Liberia, it is known that 10%-16% of people admitted to hospitals every year have Lassa fever, which indicates the serious impact of the disease on the population of this region.
Humans contract the virus primarily through contact with the contaminated excreta of Mastomys natalensis rodents (commonly known as the Multimammate rat), which is the natural reservoir for the virus.
The virus is transmitted to humans through cuts and scratches, or inhaled via dust particles in the air.
Secondary transmission of the virus between humans occurs through direct contact with infected blood or
Treatment of Lassa Virus
Ribavirin, is only effective if administered early in infection (within the first 6 days after disease onset).
Oddly, the rejection didn’t argue the law, but instead claimed that the controller couldn’t locate a single one of the 49 million bills she paid last year.
This admission provides a troubling clue to California taxpayers who are wondering how and where their money is being spent. The answer is the people spending it literally don’t know. Or they at least say that don’t.
It is of course unimaginable, and laughable, that the state that is home to Silicon Valley can’t put basic transparency tech in place. That state’s feigned tech illiteracy begs the question: What are they trying to hide?
Alan Dershowitz’s argument is contrary to both law & fact.
originally posted by: queenofswords
In the 'Castle clean' post Q3782, there is an odd hazy 'artifact' between the two Marines and ending in the heart area of the president. Has there been any discussion as to what that is?
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: imthegoat
ITG, catching up so apols if mentioned...
Re Kobe Bryant crying fan's backstage profile - her TV credits include as a woman who dated a millionnaire on Millionnaire Matchmaker!
I wonder if this indicates she may also have chased/dated Kobe?
In the 'Castle clean' post Q3782, there is an odd hazy 'artifact' between the two Marines and ending in the heart area of the president. Has there been any discussion as to what that is?