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Sunday, 14 June 2009

Top 10 Most Deadly Disease

Do you know that most of the top 10 diseases infected animals more than human? According to livescience.com, there are 10 deadly disease that is very much known to all of us. They are:

10 : Gorillas Give Human "The Crabs" - Human gets pubic lice @the crabs are from gorillas, roughly 3 millions years ago. Human most likely gots pubic lice (most common live in pubic hair) from sleeping with gorillas.

9 : Human Viruses Kill Chimps - Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV) had take the life of infant humans in developing countries. Majority humans have had contact with these germs, thus have developed antibodies naturally to fight them. However, when these viruses transmitted directly from humans to wild great apes, history shows that the virus killed entire populations of chimps

8 : Polio, Yaws, Anthrax - These 3 diseases had taken many lifes of chimps and gorillas all around the worlds.

7 : Ebola - it is a threat to gorillas and chimps. When human ate infected animals with Ebola, the diseases would spreads to human. Human to human transmission occurs via blood or body fluids of infected human. Symptoms are sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function and also internal and external bleeding.

6 : Cat Ulcers - A large cat dining contracted an ulcer-causing bacteria, Helicobacter pylori. This virus had spread to lions, cheetahs and tigers, scientists figure.

5 : Insane Mind Parasite - a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii infects the brains of more than half the human population. It increases the risk of neuroticism and contributes to schizophrenia. This virus can be found in cat feces.

4 : HIV / AIDS - it destroys the immune system, causing our body to be easily infected with diseases including cancer.

3 : Animal bites - malarias, aedes, dengue fever, rabies are all cause by animal bites. Illness connected to animals had killed more than 55,000 people accross the country.

2 : Bubonic Plague - black death or bubonic plague is a bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis. It is carried by rodents and cats, is deadly when transmitted between people. Symptoms are fever, chills, weakness, and swollen and painful lymph nodes.

1 : Influenza Pandemic - In 1918, the influenza pandemic had taken the life of more than 55 millions people.

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