Genus Coronaviruses That Infect Humans
  The Coronavirus genus contains several viruses that are known to infect
  humans. The first human coronavirus, HCoV-229E, was isolated in 1965,
  followed soon after by the isolation of HCoV-OC43. The eventual
  discovery of other coronaviruses that infect other animal species led
  to the division of the animal and human coronavirus into 3 groups
  (1-3). These groups have subsequently been split into
  subgroups.^1 HCoV-EMC is in the 2c group, where it clusters with 2
  coronaviruses of bats. The classification of human coronaviruses is
  summarized below.^1,2

  HCoV-EMC Cases
  Thus far, 2 cases of HCoV-EMC infection have been confirmed. The first
  case, which was fatal, occurred in June in a 60-year-old man in Saudi
  Arabia; the second case occurred in a 49-year-old Qatari man who
  traveled to Saudi Arabia and is currently being treated in England.
  From early case descriptions, it appears pneumonia is the primary
  manifestation of the disease. The WHO has published a case definition
  (Figure 1). It appears that the disease has an incubation period of up
  to 10 days and that it is not easily transmitted between humans,
  although full airborne isolation is recommended. As with all
  coronaviruses, no specific treatment is available.^2
  Figure 1: WHO Case Definition for People to Be Investigated for
  Infection^3

 * A person with an acute respiratory infection, which may include
   fever (a 0/00YEN 38ADEGC, 100.4ADEGF) and cough; AND
 * suspicion of pulmonary parenchymal disease (eg, pneumonia or Acute
   Respiratory Distress Syndrome [ARDS]) based on clinical or
   radiological evidence of consolidation; AND
 * travel to or residence in an area where infection with novel
   coronavirus has recently been reported or where transmission could
   have occurred; AND
 * not already explained by any other infection or aetiology,
   including all clinically indicated tests for community-acquired
   pneumonia according to local management guidelines.


  Diagnostic Tests
  Confirmatory testing is via nucleic acid amplification, which is
  available at reference labs; standard coronavirus primers may be able
  to detect the virus. Samples are to be handled in a BSL-3 setting.
  Many Questions Remain
  The detection of the new coronavirus raises many questions that will
  likely be answered in the months to come, including:
    * Are there asymptomatic cases? Will serosurveys be performed?
    * Given that human-to-human transmission appears difficult for the
      virus, what is the common exposure between the 2 cases? Is it
      animal related?
    * As with SARS, does the possibility exist of superspreaders who are
      able to transmit the virus between humans?
    * Are there prior unexplained cases that can be attributed to this
      virus?

  References
   1. McIntosh K, Perlman S. Coronaviruses, including Severe Acute
      Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus. In: Mandell GL,
      Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's
      Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed.
      Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone; 2010.
   2. UK Health Protection Agency. Novel coronavirus,
      2012.[3]http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/P
      age/1317136202637. Accessed October 2, 2012.
   3. World Health Organization. Revised interim case definition--novel
      coronavirus.[4]http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infection
      s/case_definition/en/index.html. Accessed October 2, 2012.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Public Health Update: novel Corona virus update Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:37:53 -0700 From: Frank James MD [1]<frankejamesmd@mac.com> To: San Juan Medical Providers [2]<medical@sanjuandem.net> Much is still unknown and this virus does not appear to be easily transmitted from person to person. I found this summary of what we know so far and will pass it along incase your patients ask about it or in the unlikely event that this becomes a more important issue. Millions of people travel to Mecca this time of year and if it were more easily transmissible there would be potential for further spread. Frank Frank James MD Health Office San Juan County Novel Coronavirus in UK and Saudi Arabia By Amesh A. Adalja, MD, FACP Since the deadly outbreak of SARS and the discovery of its etiological agent, the SARS Coronavirus (SARS-CoV), there has been a heightened awareness that coronaviruses cause severe transmissible disease, a far cry from the common cold they were exclusively linked to in the past. From 2003 to 2011, 2 new human coronaviruses have been discovered, both of which caused mild illness.^1 However, in 2012, a third new human coronavirus (HCoV) was discovered and was sequenced at Erasmus Medical Center (EMC) in the Netherlands. The new virus, designated HCoV-EMC, is responsible for 2 severe cases in England and Saudi Arabia, 1 of which was fatal.^2 Genus Coronaviruses That Infect Humans The Coronavirus genus contains several viruses that are known to infect humans. The first human coronavirus, HCoV-229E, was isolated in 1965, followed soon after by the isolation of HCoV-OC43. The eventual discovery of other coronaviruses that infect other animal species led to the division of the animal and human coronavirus into 3 groups (1-3). These groups have subsequently been split into subgroups.^1 HCoV-EMC is in the 2c group, where it clusters with 2 coronaviruses of bats. The classification of human coronaviruses is summarized below.^1,2 Group Viral strains 1b HCoV-NL63 2a HCoV-OC43, HCoV-HKU1 2b SARS-CoV 2c HCoV-EMC HCoV-EMC Cases Thus far, 2 cases of HCoV-EMC infection have been confirmed. The first case, which was fatal, occurred in June in a 60-year-old man in Saudi Arabia; the second case occurred in a 49-year-old Qatari man who traveled to Saudi Arabia and is currently being treated in England. From early case descriptions, it appears pneumonia is the primary manifestation of the disease. The WHO has published a case definition (Figure 1). It appears that the disease has an incubation period of up to 10 days and that it is not easily transmitted between humans, although full airborne isolation is recommended. As with all coronaviruses, no specific treatment is available.^2 Figure 1: WHO Case Definition for People to Be Investigated for Infection^3 * A person with an acute respiratory infection, which may include fever (a 0/00YEN 38ADEGC, 100.4ADEGF) and cough; AND * suspicion of pulmonary parenchymal disease (eg, pneumonia or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [ARDS]) based on clinical or radiological evidence of consolidation; AND * travel to or residence in an area where infection with novel coronavirus has recently been reported or where transmission could have occurred; AND * not already explained by any other infection or aetiology, including all clinically indicated tests for community-acquired pneumonia according to local management guidelines. Diagnostic Tests Confirmatory testing is via nucleic acid amplification, which is available at reference labs; standard coronavirus primers may be able to detect the virus. Samples are to be handled in a BSL-3 setting. Many Questions Remain The detection of the new coronavirus raises many questions that will likely be answered in the months to come, including: * Are there asymptomatic cases? Will serosurveys be performed? * Given that human-to-human transmission appears difficult for the virus, what is the common exposure between the 2 cases? Is it animal related? * As with SARS, does the possibility exist of superspreaders who are able to transmit the virus between humans? * Are there prior unexplained cases that can be attributed to this virus? References 1. McIntosh K, Perlman S. Coronaviruses, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone; 2010. 2. UK Health Protection Agency. Novel coronavirus, 2012.[3]http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/P age/1317136202637. Accessed October 2, 2012. 3. World Health Organization. Revised interim case definition--novel coronavirus.[4]http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infection s/case_definition/en/index.html. Accessed October 2, 2012. References 1. mailto:frankejamesmd@mac.com 2. mailto:medical@sanjuandem.net 3. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001DtzIOsQQCDvgLae818E89ncYGnlAFkpfQ5MWVqmSJIYSuBL4QLo8SOSxtutQJ3XYnS_JQP2ReCKY8LqyQKg2i1TZ0wsPByelX6ZRv6Q5fgWYl8-aD7ZxZt6VBb0jv8fQH1LN1uJTOr-Urv7CIbLoKLg7p8qSsTdLZkHMbM6zBwkKnyJlfMkrgB6GwkC5W_73Ku2whJmW4mE= 4. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001DtzIOsQQCDvRn-WB0hYHEu1FmHat1m91bNcJgClrFFd58utGs7oI-ODKspQvJNbPID5TxBbXXQezghaqZxCqAQXh4_vuTbQKtaSLC4Xe4H9SFPcLFjI2SEek8Auq3AzhkoGO39MJD4a2rBRFN_hHqkwYUW6ZqJRm0haThy0giM99U5GZt3XtqdxMZHPYVsYvzjtrGL4hJRI=

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Charles -- your computer probably is infected with malware. You need to regularly keep your system up to date with the patches available from Microsoft via the Windows Update -- new crap is coming out every day. You visit a hostile web page and the page uses a known (and unpatched) flaw in IE to install software on your system behind the scenes without your knowledge. This software looks at your email address list and sends out copies of itself to everyone on the list with links to other hostile web pages. I do not know what this particular bit of trash does but some of the malware logs your keystrokes looking for 16 digit strings followed by 4 and 3 (your credit card number, the date of expiration and the CIS code) and it will email that data to it's parent system. It is possible to install stuff as root -- this way, the process will never ever show up on the task manager and killing it is a long involved process. Anyone that has reports of email activity like this needs to disconnect their computer from the internet, boot into safe mode and using another system, download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware application (the free version is fantastic) and the latest definition file and using a thumb drive, bring it over to the infected computer (running in safe mode with no network connectivity) and install and run it. That will take care of most of the nasties out there. http://www.malwarebytes.org/ In the future, make sure that your computer is set up to auto-update on a regular basis. When a new flaw is discovered, MSFT will work day and night to fix it and offer a patch. The sooner you update, the sooner you will get this protection. Also, do not run anything earlier than Windows XP when connected to the net -- MSFT is no longer supporting 95, 98, ME or 2000 and systems running these will be exploited in 30 minutes or less. There are known backdoors. Also, do not let your kids "play" on your work computer, put together one for them to use that has no email functions. A lot of the "free" online games are just portals to malware. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com > [mailto:volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of M K > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 13:11 > To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Fwd: Public Health Update: novel > Corona virus update > > On 06/10/2012 19:41, Charles Black wrote: > > > Spammy rubbish ... the last two links are marketing clickthrough > traps... > > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there.