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FarmI ask@itshall be given wrote:

And the Hendra Virus which is extremely virulent.

Grin :-)

Yep

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/m...ages/nipah.htm

"The natural reservoir for Hendra virus is thought to be flying foxes"

Hmmmm CDC. An American site.

I wonder who it was that wrote:
"A lot of such rubbish is written by Merkins, who manage to make
Little Englanders look intelligent. You need to be able to judge
which authors have Clue and which don't." ;-P

But since you quote the CDC, their article also says "humans became ill
after exposure to body fluids and excretions of horses infected with Hendra
virus"

"Only three human cases of Hendra virus disease have been recognized."

At last count, three people have died of Hendra Virus.