Talk:Marburg virus
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[edit] Marburg
Hey, could you make the search word "Marburg" transfer to the Marburg virus? - unsigned
- Make Marburg redirect to Marburg virus? Why? WAS 4.250 05:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] On-going event
Ummm. Marburg virus is not an on-going event... it's a virus... Angola Marburg virus outbreak 2005 is an ongoing event. gren 15:57, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- True. But the tag, but I'm still not familiar with what types of information go where in an article. - unsigned
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- Just add it, Cynicaloptimist. Those of us watching the page will fix things if there's a problem, and it's the best way to learn. Neurophyre 00:22, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- I don't understand what ongoing event it is referring to --Randolph 18:25, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Its refering to the outbreak that is happening in Angola right now MechBrowman 23:53, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
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(<---)But the tag does not say "this is an article about an ongoing event". It says "this article contains references to' a current or ongoing event" which seems exactly right. --Lee Hunter 12:17, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- "Unsafe burial practices such as ritual bathing represent another infection vector." - I don't see what ritual bathing has to do with burial - perhaps this needs some clarification? Or should it be "Unsafe burial practices and ritual bathing represent other infection vectors."? --Bobstay 13:07, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Should have read "ritual bathing of the corpse". Fixed now. --Lee Hunter 20:35, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Angola Virus"
I've removed this text "...also known as the Angola Virus" because I couldn't find any source that uses that name (only one hit on Google for "the angola virus") and it seems a bit unlikely. Please correct me if I'm wrong. --Lee Hunter 14:00, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I see that "Angola virus" has reappeared in the article as an alternative name. The only mentions I can find on the Web are in news headlines such as "Angola virus spreading" which seems to be more like headline writer shorthand (or sloppiness) than an actual name. Can anyone point to "the Angola virus"? --Lee Hunter 18:24, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I've reworded this line; I believe the various 'Angola virus outbreak continues' and 'Angola virus spreading' headlines are simply journalistic shorthand for 'the virus in Angola'. In the reports themselves the virus is always referred to as Marburg (often with the claim that it is 'more lethal than Ebola, which it resembles'). I'll see if I can put in a 'see also' for Ken Alibek's 'Biohazard', which is where I first heard of the bug.-Ashley Pomeroy 13:20, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hoechst
I could not find any reference to Hoechst being a part of Dade Behring. At the Hoechst article it says that it is part of Aventis - changed to that until further notice. -moogle06:42, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Highly contagious"
That entire section appears to be lifted, although credit is given... Still, I think it's a bit sloppy to do so.
- Agreed. I've edited the quote down to one line and removed the link which had gone stale (paid access archive).--Lee Hunter 18:47, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] -1 Deaths
I assume that -1 deaths may mean someone was cured but I'm not 100% sure. The weekly deaths (where the -1 is found) should include a subtext that explains what -1 means. - unsigned
[edit] Marburg Virus
I am doing a project on this virus could some one plz post some tru info about it here...Thnx - unsigned
- Sorry. Wikipedia is not about true versus false. The article this talk page is for containes information from the references (sources) indicated. Reliable sourcing is as good as we get around here. See a philosopher or priest for "truth". WAS 4.250 02:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Two Marburg locations?
The text mentions an outbreak in 1967 in Marburg, Germany, and another in 1975 in Marburg, South Africa. It seems extremely unlikely that the virus has an affinity for cities whose name is Marburg!
- That is correct, the outbreak in 1975 was in Johannesburg, South Africa. Thanks for finding that mistake. --Sperber 04:02, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox
Thanks for the addition of the infobox! It adds to the Virus data currently presented.
- Read-write-services 02:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Early Outbreaks
How does 13 primary and 6 secondary cases add up to 31 afflicted? - unsigned
[edit] -1 Deaths
All thos numbers in that collumn are comparing the current amount of deaths to the amount of the previous week, for example if there were 347 deaths last week and 346 this week then it would go down 1 death so it would be -1. All this is doing is showing you if the deaths are increasing or decreasing.Ŗóń
[edit] virus?
there is no such thing like a virus.
