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Wed 4 Oct, 2006 03:20 am
Hi Guys,
Which is athe most deadliest viruses and the most infectious?
I heard Ebola is deadliest and most infectious. Am I correct! Or may be bubonic Plague, HIV, SARS, Influenza?
Internet offers me all sorts of views and does not agree upon a single name. May be u guys would want to vote....
It would depend on how you are defining 'deadliest'. If you are asking which has the highest fatality percentage among infected individuals, then I would guess Ebola or SARS. If you mean which has caused the greatest number of deaths then it would be one of the other three.
Should it kill you the quickest, that would be the Black Plague
I've read that malaria causes the greatest amount of human suffering.
Plague is not caused by a virus, but by a bacterium. When I was in school it was called Pasturella pestis; now it's named Yersinia pestis.
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Malaria is not caused by a virus either, but I'm forgetting what. I'm thinking it's like a spirochete. Back when I've looked it up.
Not a virus, not a bacterium - malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, carried by a mosquito.
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Yeah Plague is out! Its a bacterium.
My tonsils are bleeding. Should I be worried?
I have no idea - why don't you call your doctor's office?
(or was that humor?)
No I am actually being serious for once... quite disconcerting. Maybe I'll wait til I'm in serious pain before I do anything about it.
Why wait? That might be dumb... even VERY dumb..
Waiting is not a good idea.
"Not a good idea" is my middle name
They aren't anymore... I had a bit of a nasty cough, but I'm still alive!
nasty cough? I'll say. Harrumph, I'd still worry.
(funny, the "not a good idea is my middle name"...)
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