Deadly Fevers More Terrifying Than Swine Flu

Brewing in the far corners of the globe in hot spots in Southeast Asia and Africa are viruses whose feared impacts are large enough to place them in the crosshairs of health experts.Many of these are emerging zoonotic viruses -- a virus transmitted to humans from animals.For its exposure to the wildlife trade from which several recent diseases such as SARS have emerged Wildlife Trust a New York conservancy organization has been developing a global early warning system to trace brewing diseases.An example of one it's tracking is Nipah virus in Bangladesh says Peter Daszak president of the Wildlife ...

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