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43. How likely is that to happen?

Reply to Divernan (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:26 PM

Jul 2014

Couldn't HIV just as easily mutate into an airborne contagion?

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The WHO and CDC... ReRe Jul 2014 #1

One problelm: locals associate hospitals with dying, so don't take people there. Divernan Jul 2014 #3

Thanks so much for this info! ReRe Jul 2014 #14

Given the precautions Drs. take, I'm concerned it may have gone airborne. Divernan Jul 2014 #16

Airborne... ReRe Jul 2014 #18

I just edited my post to add info re a lot more medical personnel being treated/died Divernan Jul 2014 #19

Oh yes... ReRe Jul 2014 #21

Over 100 medical care providers!?!? Divernan Jul 2014 #23

In that you have to understand that the staff and facilities are not what we are used to here Marrah_G Jul 2014 #29

Will have to try to go listen to... ReRe Jul 2014 #31

100 medical workers of all types, including volunteers. herding cats Jul 2014 #38

They often have crappy equipment and mistakes do happen Marrah_G Jul 2014 #24

I certainly hope you are correct. Divernan Jul 2014 #25

I am in total agreement with that :) Marrah_G Jul 2014 #27

What about the possibility of a new vector, i.e, mosquito? Divernan Jul 2014 #20

That question is way... ReRe Jul 2014 #22

I don't think there is a new vector or that it's airborne Marrah_G Jul 2014 #26

I just found the answer to the... ReRe Jul 2014 #30

I think if Ebola was carried by mosquitoes, hedgehog Jul 2014 #44

Ebola is a virus, and as such hard to adapt to mutiple creatures, as needed with a vector. happyslug Jul 2014 #42

Thank you! ReRe Jul 2014 #46

WHO, CDC and MSF have been working hard at containing this. Marrah_G Jul 2014 #11

I know they have. ReRe Jul 2014 #15

The difficulty in containing it Aerows Jul 2014 #50

Worse problem Aerows Jul 2014 #49

I read a new report... ReRe Jul 2014 #53

Ugly. Aerows Jul 2014 #54

They're quarantining only the sick Warpy Jul 2014 #55

Survival rates vary among the different strains of Ebola. Divernan Jul 2014 #2

I know that there is no vaccine, but do you tblue37 Jul 2014 #5

Excellent questions which need to be thoroughly researched. Divernan Jul 2014 #7

Don't expect Big Pharma to get involved, no profits to be made here Hugabear Jul 2014 #17

Roll Back Malaria program (RBM) pinto Jul 2014 #32

Very interesting and encouraging program Divernan Jul 2014 #34

There are experimental vaccines. herding cats Jul 2014 #40

They *think* this falls within the Zaire Ebola eShirl Jul 2014 #6

In other words, similar but not identical? Divernan Jul 2014 #8

not "similar," but a subset of eShirl Jul 2014 #9

Each strain has variations Marrah_G Jul 2014 #13

And contracting one strain Aerows Jul 2014 #52

It's the Ebola Zaire strain Marrah_G Jul 2014 #12

The CDC on the strain herding cats Jul 2014 #39

Big fear is if Ebola mutates from bodily contact to airborne infection. Divernan Jul 2014 #4

How likely is that to happen? Hugabear Jul 2014 #43

For ebola, possible but not likely; HIV is a different story. Divernan Jul 2014 #45

Monclonal antibodies taken from survivors could provide vaccinations for strain variants. DhhD Jul 2014 #10

I highly suggest the book Spillover Marrah_G Jul 2014 #28

Thanks for that title... ReRe Jul 2014 #33

Not weird! It is one of my interests also! :) nt Mojorabbit Jul 2014 #47

Relatively long incubation and ease of airtravel make this very scary. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #35

on the bright side, eShirl Jul 2014 #36

The part I found most alarming Aerows Jul 2014 #51

Serious stuff. An average of 20 new *reported* cases per day between 6/24 and 7/23. Zorra Jul 2014 #37

As if Ebola, MERS, SARS and Biological Hazards of Unkown Origins...... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #41

Horrible news! Aerows Jul 2014 #48