id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-018441-r6wwpfcy Taylor, Milton W. Emerging Viruses 2014-07-22 .txt text/plain 3674 210 63 Most of these viruses are terrifying, and cause hemorrhagic fever, a complete destruction of the circulation system; they include Lassa fever, Nipah virus, Ebola, HIV, Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and, recently, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), which is the latest in a series of "new" respiratory viruses infecting man. From 2001 to 2012 there were 280 cases of Nipah virus infections in humans, with 211 deaths-a mortality rate of 75 %. Ebola outbreaks occur with ferocity and suddenness, and with high mortality; they may originate from bats, and the virus spreads easily to a susceptible human population. Ebola is the most lethal human viral infection known, First identified in 1976 in Zaire and the Sudan, it causes hemorrhagic fever (internal bleeding) with a mortality rate of 88 %. The SARS epidemic also showed how international cooperation among health care experts can effectively contain the The virus spread from southern China to Singapore, Taiwan, the U.S. and Canada (Ontario). ./cache/cord-018441-r6wwpfcy.txt ./txt/cord-018441-r6wwpfcy.txt