Scientists discover 21st century black plague that spreads from rats to humans

Scientists discover 21st century black plague that spreads from rats to humans

www.news-medical.net...

A new plague which jumps from rats to humans has been discovered by scientists.
Fears are growing that increasing numbers of brown rats - the most common kind in Europe - are carrying a strain of bacteria that can cause serious illness in humans from heart disease to infection of the spleen and nervous system.
The new strain of bacteria called Bartonella rochalimae is spread between rats by fleas, Taiwanese researchers have said.

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I am having trouble with the links. They are in my post below. Hopefully they work for you.






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As if we don't have enough problems with rats as it is. Hopefully this new strain can be contained and dealt with rather quickly.
They are comparing it to the Black Death as it was also spread by rats. This has already been found in one American who had traveled to Peru. It should be interesting to see if any more cases show up. At least ones that we will hear about.

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Here is an additional link:
[url=http://www.news-medical.net/?id=26160]New Strain Discovered

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This story could very well be a method to soften people up for the release of a bio weapon.
Our dear govt. and the UK no doubt have lots of bio weapons labs and they are serious about using them(new diseases) on us.educate-yourself.org...
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Wow,you got one thing right, we sure don't need anymore troubles in the world. I guess time will tell........Could be a smoking gun that will lead to problems or They will step up and contain it.

This news item is more than 48 hours old and has been posted previously.

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Thank god for rat free Alberta

What I found interesting is this statement from the article on news-medical.net:

Medical staff should know to look for Bartonella infections if someone with a persistent, unexplained high fever has a cat, has been homeless or has been in the Andes Mountains.

A lot of folks have cats and a lot of folks are homeless. Especially in other countries around the world. As far as being in the Andes, probably not so many. I bet testing for Bartonella goes way up.

Hopefully this isn't a cover story for use of bio-weapons. If you do some outside the box research, many believe that AIDS is already a bio weapon that has been put into effect. Google William Cooper and you can find out his interpretation of the AIDS virus.

TINSTACT

Sorry mason. I searched it before I posted it and nothing came up. Searched the exact article title and notta. What are you trying to be a mod. Just joshin'

Mods please close or move to medical forum. My bad.

TINSTACT

How very interesting. Black plague is still very hard to cure, even with the best of modern medial technology, and it is complicated by the fact that its initial presentation often resembles more benign diseases.

Did you know that during the European Black Plagues, many countries beleived that witchcraft was responsible, and, beleiving that witches employed cats as familiars, began slaughtering feral cats by the thousands, thus increasing the rat populations and prolonging the plagues?

Anyone notice the new program being broadcast lately? Dead set, Survivor and a few other disease killing off millions shows are due to come out soon. You think this is maybe some softening up of public opinions? If anything did happen here in the UK, most of us would assume it was a biological attack on us? Rather than a mass cull by our own government?

But on the topic of the shows, they are really good, especially survivor, man that is looking like it will be a good show. Just hope it lasts longer than 5 episodes.

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I see nothing in the currently available information about black plague.
This was discovered in June last year.