Plague take it! What's new in viral infectious diseases?

"9 According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, "Transmission was suspected to have occurred through sexual activity in 95% of gay or bisexual men with the infection. The mortality rate ranges from 70-90%.13'14 It has caused the deaths of thousands of residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gabon, and countries in central and west Africa in about 40 outbreaks since it was discovered in 1976 simultaneously in Nzara, South Sudan and in Yambuku, DRC.13 EVD interferes with coagulation, which often gives way to both internal and external bleeding. EVD is a sylvatic, zoonotic virus and humans contract it from fruit bats, small antelopes, primates, and numerous animals bagged as "bush meat," which is highly prized, although the capture and consumption of bush meat is illegal for obvious health reasons. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN with parechovirus (PeV) infection.23 Twenty-one of these infants recovered without residual health issues, but one was left at risk for blood clots and hearing deficits.24 Another young patient was at serious risk for developmental delays and had experienced persistent seizures.