Fever the hunt for a new killer virus john grant fuller isbn 9780883490129 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In 1969 in lassa nigeria a church of the brethren missionary laura wine became ill fever was the most prominent feature but there were many fevers in lassa the camp physician john hamer was at first unconcerned as the fever progressed to profound illness dr hamers worry mounted laura wine died 11 days after the onset of her illness. February 1969 deadly unidentified virus reported from remote african missionary hospital two american nurses stricken and died within 10 days doctors stymied by mysterious symptoms of the killer soaring temperature painful backache swelling of the throat and neck discolored skin latest victim airlifted to special isolation ward at new yorks columbia presbyterian hospital blood samples rushed to yales arborvirus laboratory all out search launches to discover an antidote u s . Today the world is facing the dangers of ebola virus but it is not the first killer disease to originate in africa in 1969 the lassa fever began ravaging the same areas of africa with much the same symptoms and deadliness as ebola lassa came out of the african bush country and spread terror throughout the nigerian highlands