Deadly ‘brain-eating’ microbe outbreak in Pakistan

[Icarus]

For the guys stating that this might be some sort of biological weapon or something of the sort, let me be the one to break it to you...............It's not.

When deploying a Biological Agent you need to keep to keep a few factors in mind, I will also write comments on how Naegleria fares in each respect:

1) Virulence-Very Deadly
2) Epidemic Capability-Low, Low growing and cannot be contracted through Person to person contact.
3) Difficulty of treatment-Very High, 98% Kill Rate.
4) Control-Unnecessary, the low incidence means that control measures are largely unnecessary

It's quite evident that the agent under question will make a very poor tool for waging Biological Warfare in a country where about a 100,000 people will be killed by other water borne diseases.

 

[kumarkumar1867]

Its Scary than all diseases known including Aids. Creation of such protozoa or virus must be due to human messing with nature thing, it should be identified & taken care.

I have heard that viruses get stronger with each generation on faster rate than other living organisms...hope this virus will have medicine soon.

 

[SamranAli]

for me its biological war first Dengue now this.

 

[Icarus]

for me its biological ware first Dengue now this.

Like I said, it isn't a very successful biological agent.

 

[Desi Guy]

treatment is already there. It is Amphotericin B as per CDC website

It has a very High mortality rate ranging upto 95% .Amphotericin B rarely works in some patients.

Basically no treatment once you get it.

avoid swimming in fresh water lakes,Pools and Ponds.

source: Just took my boards

 

[hunter_hunted]

Now this is a zombie bacteria or what ever the scientific there is.