Thursday, August 6, 2009

Viruses and Their Mortality Rates. JZ FOR UR INFO

Anthrax - 50-100% - airborne, contact
HIV - variable - sexual
Ebola - 90% - hosts (animals), contact with body fluids
Marburg - 50-90% - contact with body fluids
Avian Flu (Bird Flu) - <100% - hosts
Malaria - N/A - vector (mosquitoes)
Cholera - N/A - waterborne
Yellow Fever - 15- >50% - vector (mosquitoes)
Typhoid Fever - 20% - bad sanitation, insects
SARS - 15% - temporarily airborne, contact
Crimean Congo - 30% - hosts (ticks)

Flu A - currently 0.2% - contact, hosts

A post just as a warning. Viruses are not to be taken lightly.

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