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FACTBOX - What is Ebola? 06 Dec 2007 12:04:09 GMT Source: Reuters Alert Me | Print | Email this article | RSS XML [-] Text [+] Background AIDS pandemic Chikungunya More (for related story see UGANDA-EBOLA/ or click [ID:nL06518974)] Dec 6 (Reuters) - A new strain of the deadly Ebola virus is thought to have infected 93 people and killed at least 22 in Uganda, including a doctor and three other medical staff looking after patients, a health official said on Thursday. The last time Uganda was hit by an epidemic of Ebola -- a disease in which those infected often bleed to death -- 425 people caught it in 2000. Just over half of them died. Here are some key facts on Ebola: * ORIGINS: -- Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and non-human primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees) that has appeared sporadically since its initial recognition in 1976.

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Avian Flu - Protection Zone to be Lifted gg Protection Zone to be lifted after the discovery of the H5 strain of the virus on a Suffolk farm in November. This latest case rounds off a year that has seen UK farms hit by a series of outbreaks. Defra has announced plans to scale the lifting of the protection zone during December. For more information visit the Defra website. BSAVA Officers took part in a teleconference with the BVA and other veterinary organisations when the latest outbreak first hit in order to identify the profession's position and response. In association with Defra and other veterinary groups at an earlier meeting, the BSAVA helped to produce the following guidelines for veterinary surgeons concerning AI and other animals.

Oxford Street: Health Risk For Asthmatics Diesel exhaust fumes may significantly affect people with asthma, according a ’real-life’ study performed in central London. Researchers from Imperial College London, UK, compared the effects of diesel fumes on people with mild and moderate asthma using London’s busy Oxford Street with the quieter traffic-free part of Hyde Park. The study showed walkers on Oxford Street experienced increased asthmatic symptoms, reduced lung capacity and inflammation in the lungs. Those walking in Hyde Park had some of the same problems, but to a far lesser degree, according to the findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.