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BBC : jetzt schon 38 ! Infizierte

More troops
struck by illness

The fresh outbreak has heightened
concern
Twenty more British troops have
contracted a mystery illness in
Afghanistan - bringing the total
number struck down to 38.

One of the new sufferers is believed
to be a Royal Marine of 45
Commando - the first case of the
unidentified fever in the fighting
force.

He is seriously ill and is being flown
back to the UK on Friday, while two
others are being treated in isolation.

The marines are currently taking
part in their first combat of the war
in Afghanistan, joining American
troops and US Australian special
forces battling al-Qaeda fighters in
the eastern mountains.

Tests are under way to try to
discover the nature of the stomach
illness affecting the troops, which
includes symptoms of diarrhoea and
vomiting.

The new cases include soldiers
outside the existing quarantine area
at Bagram.

`Occupational hazard`

Eight other troops returned home
on Wednesday and Thursday,
including two in a serious condition
who later improved slightly.

Concern over the illness has
increased with the outbreak of new
cases, particularly about its possible
impact on the troops` operation in
Afghanistan.

But Royal
Marines
spokesman
Lieutenant
Colonel Ben
Curry said the
illness had
"absolutely not"
impaired British
forces`
operational
capability.

"Unfortunately,
we have had
some additional
cases, one listed
as very seriously ill," he told BBC
Radio 4`s Today programme.

"Two have been given some
additional prophylactics and are
responding well to that treatment.

"There are an additional 17 who
have had a degree of diarrhoea and
vomiting.

"That is an occupational hazard
working out in these climes."

Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said
on Thursday a consultant in
infectious diseases was to be
deployed as soon as possible.

Inquiry

Earlier, on Thursday, there had
been optimism that the outbreak
had been contained.

About 350 soldiers at 34 Field
Hospital in Bagram were under
quarantine while health officials
investigated the cause of the
illness.

The Ministry of Defence believes the
mystery illness is unlikely to have
been caused by a bio-terrorist
attack.

Defence Minister Dr Lewis Moonie
said it had "all the characteristics of
a gastro-intestinal diarrhoeal
disease".

He said operational effectiveness
would not be affected.

Shadow Defence Secretary Bernard
Jenkin called for a full inquiry into
the mystery illness.

[Fontenoy]

Oh JE ist das aber Schmlimm, ob du es glaubst oder nicht, einige Bekannte von mir hatten auch starkes Fieber, scheint eben ein Virus zu sein. Mein Gott !

[M_B_S]

Ja, allerdings ein Tödlicher

Vielleicht recherchierst du mal unter Spanischer Grippe

1918 !

Dummlabern kann jeder !

[jockipoo]

Warum erkranken nur Briten und nicht auch Australier oder Amis? Ich weiß es: Das ist eine Entzugserscheinung.....der Truppenküche ist das Pfefferminzgelee ausgegangen!

[M_B_S]

Stimmt nicht lt CNN auch erste US Soldaten erkrankt !

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M_B_S

Du bist so süüüüüüüüüßßßßßßßßßßßß

[M_B_S]

OH OH USA Homeland betroffen ?:


Mystery illness sends 6 to hospital in New York
May 17, 2002 Posted: 1:04 PM EDT (1704 GMT)



Emergency workers enter a Yonkers apartment building where 6 people fell ill to a mysterious ailment.




YONKERS, New York (CNN) -- One person was discharged Friday but two others remained in critical condition and three others were stable after they were found unconscious in their apartment in Yonkers, hospital officials said.

The cause of the illness remained unknown.

The six stricken adults appeared to have similar, unusual symptoms, said Joan Dupay, a spokeswoman for St. Joseph`s Medical Center. Dupay declined to describe the symptoms.

After emergency medical service workers who took the victims to the hospital broke out in rashes, authorities shut the hospital and quarantined patients in the 194-bed facility for several hours, said Eugene Marron, a dispatcher for the Yonkers Police Department.

Dupay disputed Marron`s assertion that the EMS workers developed rashes and said the emergency room was closed only "as a precaution."

After an investigation by the city department of health and others determined the cause of the victims` illnesses was not contagious, the emergency room was reopened around 10 p.m., she said.

But authorities still do not know the cause. "It appears to be something they ingested -- eaten or swallowed," she said, and not an airborne contaminant.

"There doesn`t appear to be any risk to anybody at this time," she said.

The incident was reported at 6 p.m. in an apartment on the west side of Yonkers near the Bronx, Marron said.

The EMS workers were isolated, and the patients who were in the hospital were quarantined for several hours, said Dupay.

The FBI and New York City terrorist specialists are involved in the investigation, authorities said.


Ein Zusammenhang mit dem Fieber in Afghanistan ?

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Tests underway

An anaesthetist, who joined the evacuation flight of the some of the sick earlier in the week, had reportedly been struck down with the same illness.

However, a medical check judged him well enough to resume normal duties.



A degree of diarrhoea and vomiting... is an occupational hazard working out in these climes

Lieutenant Colonel Ben Curry
An MoD spokesman said it appeared that he had been suffering from something else, adding: "It may not be the same condition."

Tests are under way to try to discover the nature of the illness affecting the troops.

It was first reported on Monday, and 18 medical personnel at the hospital had been stuck drown by Wednesday.

Eight were so ill they were evacuated to Europe and the UK.

The remainder were treated at the hospital, which was closed as a precautionary measure except to further suspected cases of the illness.

The 60 or so staff based there were quarantined, while almost 300 other troops were confined to their quarters for fear of spreading the fever.

The MoD was on Thursday working on the theory that contaminated food was to blame for the outbreak.

All troops have been put on sterilised food rations and bottled water.

Royal Marines spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ben Curry said the illness had "absolutely not" impaired British forces` operational capability.

`Missing out`

He told BBC Radio 4`s Today programme that a degree of diarrhoea and vomiting was "an occupational hazard working out in these climes."

For many of those taken ill, the worst aspect of their condition was that they were missing out on the action, he said.

"They are now recovered, fit and healthy and rather sad because they are sitting in their base and missing the show," he said.

Defence minister Dr Lewis Moonie said it was "most unlikely" that the illness was the result of a biological attack.

Microbiologist Dr Mahmoud Halablab, of King`s College, London, said gastroenteritis seemed the most likely cause.

Opposition parties have called for a full inquiry into the mystery illness.

Paul Keetch, Liberal Democrat defence spokesman, said: "If health and hygiene procedures have been sloppy they should be tightened."


Mediziner hat sich an infizierten Soldaten auf dem Weg nach
GB angesteckt ! Seuche breitet sich aus !

[Fontenoy]

Ja, und meine Oma fährt im Hühnerstall Motorrad