klingon 10 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Guardian has this. Is it not a beaver? Bubonic plague outbreak feared in central Asia Health officials fear an outbreak of bubonic plague in central Asia after a teenage boy died from the disease and three more were admitted to hospital in Kyrgyzstan. Temirbek Isakunov, a 15-year-old from a mountain village near the border with Kazakhstan, reportedly died from the disease last week after eating an infected barbecued marmot. Kyrgyzstan's emergency ministry said a young woman and two children from a different village who came into contact with Isakunov were hospitalised on Tuesday with the high fever and swelling around the neck and armpits characteristic of bubonic plague, local news outlets reported. A total of 131 people, including 33 medical personnel, have been quarantined, although none of them have yet exhibited symptoms of the disease, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda in Kyrgyzstan reported. The health ministry continues to find and quarantine people who came into contact with the teenager, according to its director. Kazakhstan has stepped up its border control with Kyrgyzstan and is operating quarantine points in light of the possible outbreak, the news agency Tengrinews reported. The Kazakh health ministry is searching out people who might have come into contact with the dead teenager, and is also determining where animal carriers of the disease might be moving between the two countries, according to a ministry official. The bacteria that cause bubonic plague are typically transmitted from rodents to humans via flea bites but can also be contracted through direct contact with infected tissue. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Not a beaver, silly-billy, it's a marmot Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Are they friends or relatives of beavers, Tubby? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Do not trust those beavers..... I've had beaver fever and damn I was so horribly sick. Shoot em,. skin em, make a hat!! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Think I've had beaver fever since I was about 15!! I think they are more like prairie dogs than beavers Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Haha... Seriously though.. I got it (Giardia infection) when I was 19 and was in the hospital for two days. F'ng miserable!! Link to post Share on other sites
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