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Hantavirus is not only not more common, but not so much a disease in Africa. Africa is full of hemorrhagic diseases: Lassa Fever, Marburg, or Dengue Hemorrhagi
by Fomite 13y ago
Hantavirus is not only not more common, but not so much a disease in Africa.
Africa is full of hemorrhagic diseases: Lassa Fever, Marburg, or Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. But not so much Hantavirus.
- biehl 13y agoI salute your appropriate username.
- jnbiche 13y agoYou're correct. I was thinking of Lassa when I wrote Hantavirus. Of course, Hantavirus was responsible for the "Four Corners" virus in N. America, and more commonly in S. America, if I recall correctly. It's been over a decade since I worked in infectious disease epi, and even then not in tropical diseases, so I'm lucky to remember anything at all. But my point stands: Africa is full of hemorrhagic fevers, which makes symptomatic diagnosis of Ebola difficult.