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08-12-2005, 08:22 PM
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Deadly insect bite
I live in the U.S. and this past week in many of our papers, there was an article about a midwest activist/politician so to speak that was vacationing in the DR and was bitten by an "insect" (no further information provided as to what type) He was admitted into one of the local hospital's after complaing of flu like symptoms (fever, exhaustion, etc.) and was planning to return home for more treatment. He died 4 days later of liver and kidney failure. The papers are blaming this insect for his death, and rumor is that it is some type of menangitis. There haven't been any other articles that I can find on this, and am wondering if anyone could have any insight on this...
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08-12-2005, 09:19 PM
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Sounds to me like he contracted Malaria from a mosquito bite, can happen almost anywhere. Symptons are a dead giveaway, no pun intended!!
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08-12-2005, 09:49 PM
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the culprit insect is the aedes aegypti mosquito, the vector for meningoencephalitis and both dengue classic and hemorrhagic fever, caused by an arborvirus for which there's no known cure. According to health authorities, there's currently a bad outbreak, but they fall short on calling it an epidemic.
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08-12-2005, 10:40 PM
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08-12-2005, 10:57 PM
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Now, after reading the article, definetely not dengue related, and probably a case of FHF (fulminant hepatic failure) brought about by hepatitis B virus, or an acute toxicity to an unknown agent, and/or also complicated by immunosuppression.
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08-12-2005, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mirador
Now, after reading the article, definetely not dengue related, and probably a case of FHF (fulminant hepatic failure) brought about by hepatitis B virus, or an acute toxicity to an unknown agent, and/or also complicated by immunosuppression.
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In easier-to-undestand language... SOMETHING caused his death!
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08-12-2005, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Mirador
the culprit insect is the aedes aegypti mosquito, the vector for meningoencephalitis and both dengue classic and hemorrhagic fever, caused by an arborvirus for which there's no known cure. According to health authorities, there's currently a bad outbreak, but they fall short on calling it an epidemic.
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I am interested in the source of this info. I have not heard of this and what little I know about it doesn't add up, as the article mentioned the man dying from liver & kidney failure, whereas encephalits is related to the brain, as per
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/pri...phalitis/faqs/
In this article, one might understand that they are very different symptoms & results from the above mentioned case, and the source, as best as I can tell, is not related to an insect bite.
Of course, it is clear to me and anybody who knows anything about Malaria, that it could not be the case, as the incubation period alone is at least 1 week, and this poor fellow died within 4 days of being bitten, if that had anything to do at all with his death.
But, as you mentioned that the health authorities said there was a bad outbreak, I wonder if you have a website I can go to to read about it.
Thanks.
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08-12-2005, 11:06 PM
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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Originally Posted by Mirador
Now, after reading the article, definetely not dengue related, and probably a case of FHF (fulminant hepatic failure) brought about by hepatitis B virus, or an acute toxicity to an unknown agent, and/or also complicated by immunosuppression.
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You need not answer my other post, as I see now that it's answered here.
Shows you how slow a typist I am.
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08-12-2005, 11:17 PM
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If you are allergic to them
An ant bite can kill you, or a bee sting.
Something is strange here, since there are a few nasties here: Tarantuals, scorpions and centipedes as well as spiders of different types, and lots of flying bugs like mosquitos.
But dying from an insect bite is reallllly strange.
I wish we hade better information.
Hope they do an autopsy and tell all.
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08-12-2005, 11:43 PM
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Dengue
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