It strikes me much when I see the article "Malignant malaria found in apes" in BBC News. This article raises the concern for possible new kind of infective virus as well as shows other evidence of how wild lives are disturbed by the invasion of human beings.
The article tells about the new malaria virus found in apes that is actually transmitted from human. Researchers found that this this lethal maralia virus, which used to be found only in human, now are found in gorillas in Cameroon and captive animals in Gibbon. This infection occurs because now people encroach much in forest, which increase the possiblity of contacting virus to the animal. However, the reseachers is still not sure whether the virus is transmitted from human to apes through mosquitoes or it becomes infective among apes. If it becomes the disease that can spread among apes, it could become another threat on their survival in nature.
This fact raises the worry not only that the new kind of disease that is spreading in apes, but also that it could mutate in apes bodies and might come back to human in a more horrible and lethal form like scientists' concern about bird flu or swine flu that might become the contagion disease in human. Moreover, it also shows another example of how human causes problems to wildlife. The encroachment of people on the forest amounts to not only taking away the animals' natural habitats, but also bringing new disease to wildlife.
References
Walton, D. (2010, January 18). Malignant malaria found in apes. BBC News. Retrieved January 19, 2011 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8465554.stm
Tuesday 19 January 2010
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you write very well. You equipped all information needed in your writing. You have made comment
ReplyDeleteIt's bed news for me because I have mosquito allergy and it likes to bite me. If we have more disease, it will affect to everyone. But, in the other hand, it's good news too because the researchers know about it and they try to find the root cause and how to prevent.
ReplyDeleteHuman being always fight against new viruses, such as HIV, H1N1, etc. These viruses are caused by human activities. I've heard that human being is the most serious problem in modern world. This news is very sad to me, because it remind me the fact that humans being ruined ourselves.
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