04-27-2009, 10:28 AM
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#82
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by Lchoy
It's actually quite scary to think of how many diseases have transferred from animal to human
Pandemic potential:
Swine flu - Pigs
Bird flu - Birds
SARS - That Asian rodent
Not a pandemic, but still serious:
Ebola - unknown animal, possibly chimps
Mad Cow - Cow
West Nile - Mosquitoes initially infected birds
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Don't forget AIDS.
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