GEOGRAPHICALLY NAMED VIRUSES

 

Ebola isn’t the only disease that’s been named after the region where it was discovered.

 

Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever (a.k.a. Black Typhus, a.k.a. Machupo Virus) An infectious disease caused by the Machupo virus that occurs in Bolivia and is transmitted through rodent droppings.
Coxsackievirus Discovered in 1948 in Coxsackie, a town in New York, Coxsackie symptoms and signs include sore throat, rash, and blisters.
Hendra Virus In 1944, Hendra virus was discovered following an outbreak of illness in horses in a large racing stable in the suburb of Hendra in Brisbane, Australia.
Marburg Virus A hemorrhagic fever virus (similar to Ebola) discovered during small epidemics in the German cities Marburg and Frankfurt as well as in Yugoslav’s capital, Belgrade, in 1967.
MERS‑CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus was first reported in 2012 after genome sequencing of a virus isolated from sputum samples in patients in twenty‑two countries who had fallen in an outbreak of a new flu. However, all cases can be traced back to Saudi Arabia.
Ross River Virus A virus named after a river in northern Queensland in Australia in 1937. It is an infection that causes major weakness in the body.
West Nile Virus A virus transmitted by mosquitoes; most people infected may only experience fever and mild headache but others may develop a life‑threatening illness that includes inflammation of the brain. It was first identified in the West Nile region of Uganda in 1937.

 

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There are currently five known strains of the Ebola virus: Taï Forest, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Zaire, and Reston. All, with the exception of Reston, have been identified in humans.

 

 








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