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I did not need to look far for a sensational lead story today! I hope this outbreak is contained and quickly!
15 Serbian Police have Bubonic Plague!


Correction on Serbian Plague story
Seventeen members of Serbia's para-military police have been hospitalized with viral hemorrhagic fever, known as "mouse fever."
Doctors at Belgrade's infectious diseases clinic said the number of sick policemen is expected to rise since 33 gendarmes were directly exposed to the virus while on assignment in southern Serbia, the Beta news agency reported Friday.
Mila Vucic-Jankovic, head of a Belgrade immunology institute said tests have established the policemen were infected with viral hemorrhagic fever with kidney syndrome, which means renal function could be affected. None of the hospitalized policemen were in a life-threatening state.
Field mice are carriers of the virus and that's why the disease is called "mouse fever."
Woods and fields in southern Serbia and its Kosovo province are natural hotbeds of "mouse fever," doctors said.

*Original Serbian Plague Story*

UPDATED: 13:54, April 14, 2006
Gendarmes infected with bubonic plague in Serbia,Montenegro
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Fifteen gendarmes in southern Serbia have been infected with bubonic plague, the health authorities of Serbia and Montenegro said on Thursday.

The infection was confirmed in 15 gendarmes in two squads in the southern Serbian city of Bujanovac, said the head of the infectious disease controlling center.

The infected soldiers have been hospitalized but are out of danger now. The remaining gendarmes in the 35-strong squads are to receive medical checks as a precaution, the center head said.

The gendarmes had been operating in the wild for a long time and were vulnerable to bubonic plague which may be transmitted by mice, the official added.

Bubonic plague is primarily a disease spread to humans by insect bites. Its death rate is between 30 and 60 percent. Serbia's first case of bubonic plague was found in 1961.
Actually Bubonic Plague decimated the Balkans in the same eras when it decimated the rest of Europe. In a way I'm not surprised, because if there's ANY endemic in rodents and rodents increase in numbers it will affect humans sooner or later.
Both war and flood increase the numbers of rodents, and displace them into other areas.

For those of you who don't read Croatian, basically, Vice President Dick Cheney is going to visit Dubrovnik, Croatia, and meet with President Mesic of Croatia, and with Sanader, the Prime Minister.
Dick Cheney to visit Dubrovnik, meet with Mesic and Sanadar

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How has Art Bell Missed this story very much? Seriously, it's right up his alley!