Marburg Fever: Hong Kong

Hong Kong: TORONTO - A Toronto grandmother came home from Hong Kong with SARS. A Colorado woman visited a Ugandan cave and brought back to the United States an alarming souvenir Marburg fever, a cousin of Ebola. And now H5N1 bird flu has jumped the Pacific in the body of an Alberta woman. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Bugs travel. Or as public health folks like to put it, infectious diseases know no borders. An Airbus A380 flies over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong Monday Sept 3, 2007. A Toronto grandmother came home from Hong Kong with SARS. A Colorado woman visited a Ugandan cave and brought back to the United States an alarming souvenir Marburg fever, a cousin of Ebola. And now H5N1 bird flu has jumped the Pacific in the body of an Alberta woman. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP,Lo Sai Hung Related Items Articles World Health Organization wants more info on fatal flu case If you ever wonder why public health officials worry about far-flung diseases the latest bird flu, the new MERS coronavirus the incidents above pretty much explain it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.