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I might be excessively critical, but I don't like these two sentences in the article: - "... a type of herpes lethal to humans." - "But in humans, McHV-1 can
by daveslash 8y ago
I might be excessively critical, but I don't like these two sentences in the article:
- "... a type of herpes lethal to humans."
- "But in humans, McHV-1 can cause a flu-like illness that can progress..."
I'm not clear -- is this always lethal (as I understand the first sentence to be) or is there some survival rate (as I understand the second sentence to be). I haven't yet found any clarification on McHV-1 online yet -- anyone know?
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- yakshaving_jgt 8y ago80% mortality rate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_B_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_B_virus
- ethbro 8y agoVery few things are always lethal. Or always safe. For context, the current Ebola Zaire outbreak in northeast DRC has about 60% mortality.