Doctors warned to be vigilant for warn new deadly virus sweeping the globe from Middle East. The CDC is warning state and local health officials about potential deadly infections from never-before-seen virusCDC says people who develop a severe lower respiratory illness within 10 days of returning from the Middle East should be evaluated Health officials are also issuing warnings about antibiotic-resistant bugs hitting U.S. hospitals By Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter Published: 06:43 GMT, 8 March 2013 | Updated: 09:59 GMT, 8 March 2013 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned state and local health officials about potential infections from a deadly virus previously unseen in humans that has now sickened 14 people and killed 8.
Most of the infections have occurred in the Middle East, but a new analysis of three confirmed infections in Britain suggests the virus can pass from person to person rather than from animal to humans, the CDC said in its Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report on Thursday. The Middle East Plague Goes Global - By Laurie Garrett and Maxine Builder. When the Black Death exploded in Arabia in the 14th century, killing an estimated third of the population, it spread across the Islamic world via infected religious pilgrims.
Today, the Middle East is threatened with a new plague, one eponymously if not ominously named the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV, or MERS for short). This novel coronavirus was discovered in Jordan in March 2012, and as of June 26, there have been 77 laboratory-confirmed infections, 62 of which have been in Saudi Arabia; 34 of these Saudi patients have died. Although the numbers -- so far -- are small, the disease is raising anxiety throughout the region. But officials in Saudi Arabia are particularly concerned. This fall, millions of devout Muslims will descend upon Mecca, Medina, and Saudi Arabia's holy sites in one of the largest annual migrations in human history. The disease is still mysterious. Controlling the spread of the virus is only half the battle.
But that's only a stopgap solution. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: Fears deadly virus could go global as millions prepare for annual pilgrimage. Health officials in Saudi Arabia prepare for Hajj pilgrimage this autumnMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome currently causing concern in areaDeadly new virus is believed to be even more dangerous than SARSMillions from across globe are preparing to visit region for pilgrimage By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 15:36 GMT, 29 June 2013 | Updated: 18:11 GMT, 30 August 2013 Millions of pilgrims are expected to descend upon Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, for this year's Hajj pilgrimage although health officials are concerned of a deadly new virus spreading Fears over a global outbreak of a deadly new virus which has emerged in the Middle East are growing as millions of religious pilgrims prepare to visit the region.
Health officials in Saudi Arabia are preparing for the annual Hajj pilgrimage this autumn, which sees millions of Muslims visit the country each year. There have been 77 laboratory-confirmed infections as of June 26. Symptoms are also similar with a fever and cough that develops into pneumonia. Coronavirus: is this the next pandemic? | Science. In mid-June last year, Ali Mohamed Zaki, a virologist at the Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, took a call from a doctor who was worried about a patient. The 60-year-old man had been admitted to the hospital with severe viral pneumonia and the doctor wanted Zaki to identify the virus.
Zaki obtained sputum from the patient and set to work. He ran the usual lab tests. One after another they came back negative. Puzzled by the results, Zaki sent a sample to a leading virology lab at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam. While he waited for the Dutch team to examine the virus, Zaki tried one more test of his own. This time he got a positive result. To alert other scientists, Zaki posted a note on proMED, an internet reporting system designed to rapidly share details of infectious diseases and outbreaks with researchers and public health agencies. Just how serious was clear by then. On its own, the Jeddah case was more intriguing than terrifying. Or so it seemed. Could Ebola now be airborne? New research shows lethal virus can be spread from pigs to monkeys without contact. Findings come as scores of Ugandans are isolated in latest outbreakUntreatable virus causes internal bleeding and multiple organ failurePreviously thought to be transmitted only by direct contact By Damien Gayle Published: 13:27 GMT, 16 November 2012 | Updated: 13:38 GMT, 16 November 2012 Fears are growing that the most lethal form of the Ebola virus can mutate into an airborne pathogen, making the spread of the terrifying disease more difficult to check.
It was previously thought the untreatable virus, which causes massive internal bleeding and multiple organ failure, could only be transmitted through contact with infected blood. But now Canadian researchers have carried out experiments showing how monkeys can catch the deadly disease from infected pigs without coming into direct contact. Deadly: The Ebola virus, which causes fever-like symptoms, usually followed by organ failure and unstoppable bleeding, and eventually death. Experts say this extreme virulence is its weak spot.
H5N1 Virus. H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu) The Armageddon virus: Why experts fear a disease that leaps from animals to humans could devastate mankind in the next five years. Warning comes after man died from a Sars-like virus that had previously only been seen in batsEarlier this month a man from Glasgow died from a tick-borne disease that is widespread in domestic and wild animals in Africa and Asia By John Naish Published: 22:43 GMT, 14 October 2012 | Updated: 12:35 GMT, 15 October 2012 Armageddon: Scientists have warned that a global viral outbreak is inevitable within five years The symptoms appear suddenly with a headache, high fever, joint pain, stomach pain and vomiting.
As the illness progresses, patients can develop large areas of bruising and uncontrolled bleeding. And so it proved this month when a 38-year-old garage owner from Glasgow, who had been to his brother’s wedding in Afghanistan, became the UK’s first confirmed victim of the tick-borne viral illness when he died at the high-security infectious disease unit at London’s Royal Free Hospital. As medical staff quarantined their critically-ill patient, fearful questions began to mount.