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arcticpenguin · 17th September 2003, 04:35 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/09/17....ap/index.html

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Crowe's team looked at nasal specimens taken from 2,000 children after they were treated for lower respiratory infections since 1976.

The newly discovered virus turned out to cause about 12 percent of these severe illnesses. They also caused 15 percent of common colds in children, including one-third of the colds complicated by middle-ear infections.
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The virus went undiscovered because it does not grow well in cell cultures, a standard tool for sorting out the viruses that cause human disease. It was identified in 2001 by researchers from Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. They calculated that every child catches the virus by age 5.
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the body does not remember the metapneumovirus clearly and so contracts it over and over, even though repeat bouts seem to be milder.

Wow.

American · 17th September 2003, 06:29 PM

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Originally posted by arcticpenguin
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/09/17....ap/index.html

Wow.

At least we'll always have jobs, arctic.

Dr. Imago · 18th September 2003, 07:05 AM

Well, as you guys both probably agree, we've likely only scratched the surface of the number of infective organisms, both pathogenic and quasi-pathogenic, that can and indeed do infect humans. I have a hunch (and it's just that at this point) that there are many types of yet undiscovered slow viruses and the like that cause a multitude of as yet fully undefinable diseases in people. A combination of susceptibility based on HLA is probably to blame and the reason why we don't yet clearly define these syndromes as having an infectious etiology.

-TT

arcticpenguin · 18th September 2003, 07:50 AM

This makes me wonder about diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, for which the cause is yet unknown.

17th September 2003, 04:35 PM	#1
arcticpenguin woo ban clan Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,717	Metapneumovirus http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/09/17....ap/index.html Quote: Crowe's team looked at nasal specimens taken from 2,000 children after they were treated for lower respiratory infections since 1976. The newly discovered virus turned out to cause about 12 percent of these severe illnesses. They also caused 15 percent of common colds in children, including one-third of the colds complicated by middle-ear infections. ... The virus went undiscovered because it does not grow well in cell cultures, a standard tool for sorting out the viruses that cause human disease. It was identified in 2001 by researchers from Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. They calculated that every child catches the virus by age 5. ... the body does not remember the metapneumovirus clearly and so contracts it over and over, even though repeat bouts seem to be milder. Wow.
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17th September 2003, 06:29 PM	#2
American Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: CA Posts: 3,842	Re: Metapneumovirus Quote: Originally posted by arcticpenguin http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/09/17....ap/index.html Wow. At least we'll always have jobs, arctic.

18th September 2003, 07:05 AM	#3
Dr. Imago Master Poster Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,055	Well, as you guys both probably agree, we've likely only scratched the surface of the number of infective organisms, both pathogenic and quasi-pathogenic, that can and indeed do infect humans. I have a hunch (and it's just that at this point) that there are many types of yet undiscovered slow viruses and the like that cause a multitude of as yet fully undefinable diseases in people. A combination of susceptibility based on HLA is probably to blame and the reason why we don't yet clearly define these syndromes as having an infectious etiology. -TT
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18th September 2003, 07:50 AM	#4
arcticpenguin woo ban clan Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,717	This makes me wonder about diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, for which the cause is yet unknown.
	__________________ The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. - George Bernard Shaw