21st century plague discovered

21st century plague discovered

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A new disease that is passed from rats to humans via fleas, much like the Black Death, has been discovered by scientists.



The bacteria can cause serious heart disease in humans are being spread by rat fleas, sparking concern that the infections could become a bigger problem in humans.

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Anyone see this as something hazardous? Or is this something that will just pass by... much like the bird flu, etc?

More from this:

"A new species called Bartonella rochalimae was recently discovered in a patient with an enlarged spleen who had travelled to South America," said Professor Chao-Chin Chang from the National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan.

"This event raised concern that it could be a newly emerged pathogens. Therefore, we decided to investigate further to understand if rodents living close to human environment could carry this bacteria."



Doesnt sound too good.

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Really am sorry, there is already a thread on this.

Really should search before i post.

Sincere apologies.