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Mysterious illness caused by Arena virus

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The disease that has killed three people in South Africa and forced others into isolation wards may be rodent borne, a health official said Sunday, SAPA news agency reported.

The causative agent has been identified as Arena virus. The members of the family of viruses named Arenaviridae are the viruses that are associated with rodent transmitted disease in humans. Arenavirus infections are relatively common in humans in some areas of the world and can cause severe illnesses. The Arenaviridae are a family of viruses responsible for diseases such as hemorrhagic fevers.

In the nature, arenaviruses are found in animals associated with either one species or a few closely related rodents that are natural reservoir for the viruses. Only a portion of the rodents in each host species is infected at any one time. The viruses are shed into the environment in the urine or droppings of infected hosts.

Human infection is incidental, and occurs when a person comes into a contact with excretions or materials contaminated by an infected rodent.

The first victim Cecelia van Deventer who was a safari tour guide in Zambia is known to have walked barefoot most of the time and traveled within Africa frequently without seeking medical attention.

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274 COMMENTS

  1. Why they said it was a zambian who traveled to SA that had the illness?That above name does not sound Zedian unless otherwise.

  3. Easterners dont suffer from suffer such…..Mbewa

    Sata fainted yesterday….was rushed to Luapula for herbs in a boat…the boat capsized

    Vote Rb

  6. This highlights what we first raised concern about,that south africa ws quick to point fingers at zambia wiht such carelessness that they didn’t see what panic it would cause and for what….what they should have done is earlier tried to understand her life style,which now seems not have been so wise…i think south africa owes zambia an apology.
    but glad to have brought this matter to sanity….

  8. Now SA guys save us an apology.Ba TD Jakes has even refused to to come to Zambia because of your remarks that your Doctors had discovered “the most uncurable disease the world has even seen in Zambia”.Shame on you.And if my memory saves me right,the reports that our dear LPM had died came from you people and on top of that you even had a minute of silence.errrrrrrrrrr

  10. Rupiah is F**********ker, honestly why marry a Great grand daughter. I dont even know if that kid is being satisfied sexually, one round for RB is enough, aliye mphamvu patupi.

  11. i,somewhat, don’t think that zambia has the making to produce any mysterious deseases,any medical person blogging to shed some light on this…..

  12. Let me correct the erroneous information been spread by #3 and later on #7 seems to be falling all the way for it. Sata did not appear on the race to plot 1 yesterday becoz he protested against the biased reporting of ZNBC, he did not want to go there and later on be muzzled.

    VIVA SATA!!!!!!

    So is this disease coming from Zambia or what?!

  14. TD ‘Fakes’ is scared of Malaria, cant he just he just ‘play’ for the disease to go away so that he does his ‘goldly’ works without being infected by mosquitoes? What a big joke he is!

  17. Reona (#11), I am not a medical person and you don’t need one to tell you that diseases do not recognise nationality, geo-political boundaries and race and thrive best especially in ignorant minds such as yours. I am offering you a chance to take several steps out of you ignorance. This disease outbreak has nothing to do with national pride. Have you ever lived outside Zambia darling?

  21. OK NALEEEKA UKUTUKANA,THANKX #20 THESE THINGS ARE JUST SO IRRITATING ESPECIALLY THESE WHITES WHO ALWAYS LEAD US IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR EXPERIMENTING, WE ARE NOW DISEASES AND THINGS THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE!!!!

  22. #19. this disease is not in Zambia. have you heard of any zedian having died out of it?

    by the way LT, how can i get a Zambian flag. am tired of being paraded as being abroad.

  24. THATS TRUE BOYI #22 I HAVE TRYING TO CHANGE THIS STUPID FLAG I HAVE ON MY ID,AM IN ZED AND I WANT A ZEDIAN FLAG…ANYONE OUT THERE HELP!!!!

  27. Typical of white pipo…always making africa look bad. She was too careless thats why she got infected. Its sad though. Can someone please clear the bad air that has been created about Zambia having this disease. We are voting for RB then in 2011…someone else but not Sata.

  30. Sexy something something #28 how can a lucky guy like me get bonded with a cutie like yourself???? Don’t worry about Nyama Soya he is finished and tasteless!!!!

    Try me the real deal!!!!

  31. Pipo lets avoid voting for RB at all costs. Corruption will be back fulltime (FTJ will be free right before our eyes) and defilemet might be legalised. Imagine, RB is 76 and the wife is 28, if you check the age difference is that not defilement. Vote wisely and not for Nyama Soya. HH or basata.

  33. Please people just your comments don’t insults please because I ejnoy reading your comments guys but not insults. Like on this mysterious disease the light that has been shed so far good those who lack the knowledge or medical know how, have known something. If its about elections please argue but please don’t insult each other or the opposite leader. God bless you all for understanding.
    I pray for good health of all the four leaders.

  34. yeah easterners muleke kudya mbeba olo ba koswe plz, sitifuna ma outbreak pa zed,even bembas plz stop the genocide against monkeys,they carry very dangerous germs most of which are viral in nature.start keeping cattle,goats and sheep esp u bembas,chitemene+ eating monkeys has negative impacts on both health and tourism,lol stay blessed fellow zedians and remember to remove bwezani.

  35. #30 gimme your email. #31 i dont know why pipo like you keep singing about RB marrying a young girl, SO WHAT? If she thought he was too old, why didnt she refuse when he proposed? Have you ever asked her? You should think before you write some of these things, atase! Its only in order to let him rule for the next 3 years.

  36. Anonymous mulibalwele, Ubwato tabwakabunde. its big enough to even ferry the overworked and corrupt Watch(MMD) and your grandfgather ruphiah to their farms.

  38. # 35 RB has practically married his granddaughter and you ve the guts to defend him. i think we need less characters in zed like you and RB, kuti mwatuchitila defile bankashi na bana

  40. Iwe #38,How long has RB been married to that girl? You are only making it an Issue because of the elections-cheap politics!!!

  41. iwee sexy something am not saying anything about Nyama soya and his blessed wife all want is for you and i to talk on more bonding level, who give the F**k about RB and His Bed issues. so give me your address!!!

  43. hes vying for public office and thats every reason you need to split him.oooooh maybe it doesnt matter to you the callibre of the person who goe into the highest office of the land so long as he is called the President, if thats the case then am the fifth candidate

    Vote for me, Vote for Buhule. Free Mahule tax free

  48. Vha nyama soya nivake ifyo me its you i want Sexy something, is that supposed to be GIRL or what, you can have hots for a brother ka….

  49. Shetani, Sexy Fimo fimo is Ruphiah Material. if you re young and your pockets are not as big as RBs then you dont Qualify.

    thats the mainn reason she was supporting Ruphiahs so called wife of 28 yrs

  54. The desease that comes from Zambia is very dangerious. Please it do not matter wheather you are Zambia immunies or Not. Please let us all be very careful because you may be caught. It’s very expensive to come to South Africa unplanned. Fellow citizens keep yourselves safe and do not blow this to the whole world. We have a problem but we have to sort it out ourselves. Vote for the candidate to bring medication so that you are not rushed to SA. VIVA HH

  57. shetani nakukaba, just take a cold shower.du know how much energy you’ll lose if you shug in hot weather like this

  62. nakaanaa that does not have an effect on me i can shug in the hot weather and cold alike ine kucheka fye…besides this girl really sound so intresting you can even tell from the name!!!!LOOOBEEEE!!!!!

  65. Ka Solwezi iwe ninshi robbing me in broad day light?? find your own!!!

    Now sexy are able to access your email right now, coz i have hooked you up with a number!!!

  66. Im female, 25 and very educated for my age. I have a very good job and im only exercising my freedom of speech. Leave me alone. Come october 30, we shall see.

  67. u chaps we havent even finished investigating the cause of this illness and ur already thinking of manufacturing another sexually aquired virus on the blog. mukachitilane kutali , kwachama or ku kashikishi

  69. Iwe # 17 LT have saved you,you are ignorant so i suggest you studdy how they know where where the aids virus came from,the congo where they got the monkey kidney solution for the polio vaccine,it is known to have the virus similar to the aids virus….you are not a medical person,but even you would recognise that for everything to happen there has to be an enabling environment….
    i forgive your shallow mind and comments

  71. #68 hey, don’t involve me, I’m quiet slipery when it comes to such issue. kuti wasanga wayikanta pashi iwe wine. I might end up being interested in sexy shinga uko, and you’ll cry pabwatooo

  79. #54 you are a foreigner !! Our doctors have verified and we do not have any incidences of that disease which you have in South Africa.P/se get lost!!

  84. Mr. SATA said he would remove cut-off points, once in power so that every child should go straight into university because the cut-off points are hindering children from attaining university education.
    Now, my wife asked my mother in-law to see what her view was.
    Her question was put in bemba as my wife and my mother in-law are bemba. She said, “Mayo, ba Sata ati ngababa president, baka funyapo ama cut-off points pakweba ati bonse abana baleyafwe mpaka na ku university”
    My mother in-law answered, “Yangu, ba Sata nabo! Nomba tukala ishiba shani ati ichi chikopo, uyu wamano?” Meaning “how are we going to tell the dull ones from those who are bright?”.
    Simple but powerful logic.

  91. Ye ye ye koma mutukana guys! why? vima nsele vikulu vikulu, awe.

    #69, Leona, ati shani ka flag. njebako muni. am on the same soils as you but feature as abroad, na leema mwandi.

  92. Bushee solwezi ninshi yashupa?! Iwe anonymous i didn’t send to you ala am all interested in sexy something something can i wank on anonymous?! ala it doe not even sound WANKABLE!!!

  94. SEXY, atishani Baby gal?!! ka email kabili i just dropped one are you for real?!

    Besides you seem to have everything that can drive a brother mad wild-TRICK OR TREAT?!!! BRAINS, CHARACTER and MONEY an all sunk!!!

  95. #54 mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
    which Zambian have you heard of who has died? ba bunu baleifwila uko. which planet are you?
    and what do you mean its VERY expensive to come to South Africa – pa Jozi ni door step by the Zambians now – we are well travelled and know SA more than the South Africans themselves. Dont scare people.
    eight buses go to SA everyday plus ne ndeke po.

  96. Ba Sexy-Gurl ba bi imwe! Nindonga! Ing’anga. Ba Solwezi naba Shetani naimwe, even married guys starting hunting in broad daylight! Jesus please come back.

  102. #26 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

    Luke 6:45

  104. #54. THIS ZAMBIAN KABUDO IN SOUTH AFRICA IS A DULL KA SKULU. HASNT HE/SHE HEARD FOR HEAVENS SAKE THAT THIS DISEASE IS NOT IN ZAMBIA – ITS NOT EVEN A PROBLEM AFTER ALL BECAUSE ITS NOT HERE. JUST KEEP QUITE IF YOU HAVE NO INFORMATION, ATASE.

  110. # 33! You are very right, and I wish you God’s blessings. Let us use respectable expressions as we share with one another. Afterall, we are all Zambians!

  111. #102. Bwalya Nokiya – mwafilwa ukuleta TD Jakes elyo mwambe ukupontela abanenu. What is a christian doing in LT? Go to TBA. com.

  113. # 91,hi….just let it go,bet it’s LT’s doing…what matters are your comments anyway….which part of zed are you…..

  114. Shetani boi, nika flag kakuti ako? Ndaba ine so nili ku Longacres, pa Zed ai. LT is not being helpful,
    #102 – thandizo yaka ka flag, please.

  115. yet again ZED suffers in silence for being “NEIGHBOURLY” we are the only country that gives up media privacy rights in the name of attracting tourists (when celebs come to visit ie the Metrix strongest man competition is held at the zambezi sun yet can only be viewed on DSTV and not on any local channel).we allow our neighbours(ZIMBABWE & SA) to portray Vicfalls as theirs,investors are given 5year tax insentives,imagine all the revenue we give up.The price we pay for being the nice guy is a bitter pill to swallow.

    LT,WE DEFFINATELY NEED CHANGE!!!

  119. SHETANI u r a misfit.How can a self respecting adult compete at being the most vulgar?
    Why is it that all insults on this blog are in Bemba?
    Sata insults in Bemba,Kaponyas,who are all bembas insult in Bemba,now insults in Bemba have come to the cyberspace!
    Would it be wrong to conclude that insulting is part of Bemba culture?

  120. Zambian in Zambia its like nika default on my system…I really want to change it…some one help!!!!i don’t even know thew country

  121. #119 am buy now am dealing with something very important so I will treat your comments with great reservation for now!!!!

  127. #119, I’m not bemba but I’ve grown up woith these pipo, they say that insults are praises. ask any bemba chap you know.

  129. Please LT check these insult and delete them we dont want insults here. #26,13,10, and 5.Let ‘s talk about real issues and not insults napapata!

  132. ESK so how is it going with you those ends have managed to get contacts!!!please worry not about #119 and please am not Bemba i am Tonga am just possing for these guys…

    Has any body heard from the the spectator?! the guy has gone mute… he was busy with Pabwaatooo vibes…

  134. osama by friend there is this Soya chunk now called Nyama soya its manufactured by Trade Kings,,, apparently its the real deal in the Zed now!! it has replaced Monk Sauce!!!

  135. bapati bangu ndalumba maningi this has nothing to do with my tribe, if am feeling jolly let me be and let e enjoy myself before the mysterious disease catches up with me!!!

  136. Zambians, sorry i did not mean to embarance you as a nation but my target was these BAZUNGU’S. How can these chaps starp walking with bare feet while attending to wild animals ? In their country they always ensure that they wear shoes but when they are in Africa, they want to insult you africans by showing you that you are not supposed to wear shoes.
    Anyway i just hope they will learn a lesson from this. And please Africans especially zambians, your country is very rich of mineral and Oil resouses and these chaps have come in large numbers to get your wealth. So make sure you safe guard it………..

  139. i agree with you no76. plize LT just to make these contribution interesting plize edit. we are bored with our young brothers & sisters who are looking 4 marriages in a wrong way. lets learn more about this disease which has been pronounced.

  140. i agree with you man #136, these ba ZUNGU’S are very disrespectful they think we are swing trees butt naked and they don’t have an idea what we are all about!!! we have survived a lot and are still surviving, i think they should respect us!!

  141. BA #139 Mayo, we are tired of white dropping crap on us and us taking it with open hands and mouths, yes it has been pronounced but from where?

  144. Iyo ba shetani mula tukana, you must have a really shallow upbringing.Shame! I’m sure LT ‘s intetion is so we can share not scare!GROW UP!!

  145. Mr SATA said he would remove cut-off points, once in power so that every child should go straight into university because the cut-off points are hindering children from attaining university education.
    Now, my wife asked my mother in-law to see what her view was.
    Her question was put in bemba as my wife and my mother in-law are bemba. She said, “Mayo, ba Sata ati ngababa president, baka funyapo ama cut-off points pakweba ati bonse abana baleyafwe mpaka na ku university”
    My mother in-law answered, “Yangu, ba Sata nabo! Nomba tukala ishiba shani ati ichi chikopo, uyu wamano?” Meaning “how are we going to tell the dull ones from those who are bright?”.
    Simple but powerful logic.

  146. #136. where do you come from? ever lived in Zambia? anywhere barefoot is laka but they should leave it for us. born and bread in Africa. namoto timazimya ndi myendo.

  147. #111 ,The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

    Luke 6:45

  148. The Ngonis have been eating rats since creation no one has died meaning the may have developed some immunity, those bazungu can research on them and may find medicine

  151. For the ignorant out there the van Deventer family is prominent Lusaka Afrikaner family. They have farmed in the Lusaka area for at least the last 60 years and are well known in farming circles as well as bowling circles. The van deventer family have represented Zambia in bowling at the Commonwealth Games and other international events. The lady in question may not be Zambian by citizenship but is certainly Zambian born and a Zambian resident. As for the disease, this is more likely a one off. She may have come in contact with a rodent that bit her. For the records rodents are not just rats even rabbits are rodents

  152. Am definitely not supporting the Ruling party #143 and as for you #144 I will pretend i have not seen your dim-witted comments and move on…

  154. #150 you are welcome to the blog, how come i have never seen, how come never seen your comments on the blog? is it that my eyes are too oblivious to highly colonized minds like yours? Who in the name of civilization parade as typical boot-lickers and kissers of **S!!

    all the best!!!

  156. People I am trying to find a way of changing this flag,because i have seen it on one broke **S guy going the Name the spectator, i don’t which country he is in as for me am in the Zed so i want a Zed flag!!! some one help me please.

  159. Hey ladies and gentlemen on this blog do you think me and McCain will win the elections…what do you think honestly

  160. MAGIE MAma if you really love your sweet self don’t stand in the firing range, we don’t want unnecessary casualties especially your kind….

  166. #162 it means non of your business as for you Osama am not even swearing, all i want is someone to help me change the flag i have on my ID.

  167. OOOH!! my gudness! Sarah Palin please you don’t want to go there trust me mama… Just like you are not supposed to be in politics…use your head for something good!!!

  168. #150 REX you are right my bro.No well broughtup and educated person could ever find joy in offensive language as used by this SHETANI at a public forum like this.He is now calling out for another uncouth character by the blog name of SPECTATOR bcoz we have fumigated them out from their holes!It is not all who have degrees or live abroad that are wise!There also kids that have access to this forum and the chaps are busy typing unpalatables like this?
    This kind of behaviour(a high propensity to insult)is typical of Misogynists!

  169. Anyway pray for us coz its rell geting tough now for me and McCain..am kind of scared with his Obama chap…but we need your help please vote McCain

  170. PABWATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  172. Hey osama HH is not triblist, he just surrounded by tribal people who make look bad, so he might need an image builder!!!

  176. Ba Shetani fi internet nomba namumayanda filasangwa. You dont need to go to the internet like in those days you were growing up. In facy you must have grown up in the 60s. I was actually right that Shetani=rough childhood.

  177. Osama what…be careful ok..you might ok..at least have some manners..this is the web i can use it to campaign if i want to…no boundaries

  178. You see HH is the raw material that we did to build this country on, he has great ideas and i think had he not surrounded himself with the kind he has right now he would have been a National leader like Mazoka.

  180. you’re rite shetani.palin scr@w you, you F@#@$@$ whor#, this is lusakatimes not washington times, aint no votes for you here sl*t

  184. some of you palin……not in a million years. in case you aint heard, hustsler is doing a porn of you(of course they’ll get someone to look just like you) doing 5 studs. thats for real,google it if you wanna

  187. It has always been hard for you Palin just from the time you started parading as a doll next Mccain!!!we are not interested in your business, we have enough beef here in the Zed to start thinking about your Budiness!!!

  197. Zed Politics..whats the difference between Zambian Dictators and Robert”rob them” Mugabe….every one knows Zambian elections will be rigged….with so much extra ballots….ballots shouldnt be 3 times more than the number of regestered voters..somethin doesnt smell right…I think the cuurent acting president will still be in contol.Thats what i think..but this is not an endosemet

  198. By the way the US pledged 1 million US$ for the Zambian elections slated for October 30..just in case you are not aware…so vote McCain

  199. You guys ,old men are nice. RB is older than me bt he is very energetic in bed more than me and I tell u he is so loaded. I realised that younger men just dnt care abt their partner’s well being. They spend most of their time drinking beer and womanising. They come home late just to sleep. Age is just a number, as long as am satisfied!!

  200. LT iam leaving this forum forever bcoz i dont want to be part of the mediocrity being displayed by these two bloggers shetani and osama who ape the language of street urchins in America and think other bloggers will be impressed.They are just displaying their foolishness bcoz even Americans themselves know tht is the language of the lowly in society.lowly in mind and all!

  201. Please Mccain will not be the President he represent the OLD SCHOOL, we want OBAMA with fresh ideas and concepts!!!!

  204. Hey Palin you have not discussed the issue of the disease!!Whats your take on it!!! you guys mulaatuletelela, you bring your confusion here in the name of tourism.

  207. You guys based abroad, is it true you you can make big bucks out of cleaning old people’s bottoms? Could someone enlighten me. A close relative needs quick bucks – I got the money for a ticket for them and all. However, I am a bit angstridden for them. Could someone help with advice. Is it worth it? I know back home there are being ‘dyesad’ (excuse the Chipata language) but they are kind of a liability – know what I mean?

  208. # 200 – Shetani & Osama mwa sanswa mwailetelela kuli bazungu bele. mwabutusha abantu pa forum. Ati oko baikala ama Americans ati shani…

  209. you know some how your case can be a little relateable to the Zedian situ, you know e have two old men, one with a BOAT going some where we don’t know and the OTHER one with a Non Functional CLOCK doing nothing much but building on self image…but there is this young and energitic mind like your OBAMA in the NAME of HH…In my view the young man suits best for JOB!!!

  210. I Thought it was Ebola virus but i think it was some food poisoing not with intent to kill just by mistake but the media always is on the wrong side…the fact that they cant relly tell what it is…remember..the competition now is too much for these Newspapers so they hunt for rumours and turn them into facts so they can hve readership…otherwise NO VIRUS IN ZAMBIA

  213. I am a jounalist myself so i know how the newsroom works..from the chief Editor to the cadet reporter…they are exegerating speacicalist

  220. NAH! THE DUDE CAN ONLY THE SPEAK THE MBEEBA LINGO AND A BIT OF BROKEN BEMBA, I HEAR HE COMMUNICATES WELL IN SIGN LANGUEGE….

  222. Do you know that Zambia is the most peaceful nation in Africa…only second to Botswana…these are great two countries…and Zimbabwe used to the same and there is a meltdown in South african politics

  223. THAT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT, UNFORTUNATELY WE TAKE THE PEACE WE HAVE FOR GRANTED, IN FACT IT OUR SO CALLED LEADERS WHO TAKE US FOR A RIDE…

    PEACE TO ZAMBIA!!!

  225. Shetani!!, you have musticated too much, do some swallowing now. The whole day it is just you. Chewing what? Musekese?

  228. Thnks Gentlemen for your time…i have to go and take care of some business now…Stay blessed and keep moving Zambia in the right direction….LOVE, Sarah ‘Baracuda’ Palin.

  230. Number (212)Ba Maiwe, though – English is a second language to me, I think I am better than you. I dare you to challenge me! The double ‘you’s’ were a typo and the rest was okay after all I put apostrophes. You have also bodolad anyway. Well perhaps you are just kidding right! Won’t fight you just give me advice. I only have a week to decide.

  231. Princess worry not about that English Nonsense, you should decide wisely n sand that cousin over there, it actually true i have a friend who is doing and picking Sweet wrappers in Cinema Halls after and be fore a Movie starts, most of them are maids to old people’s houses!!!

  232. No vaccine for killer virus

    October 13, 2008, 05:45

    The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says there are no vaccines available for viral haemorragic fever in this country. Doctor Janusz Paweska was speaking in Johannesburg following the release of preliminary results of tests on the mysterious viral haemorragic fever which killed three people.

    Authorities revealed that the victims died of a ”rodent-borne arena virus” which is a type of viral haemorragic fever. The rodents, found in West Africa, can contaminate food or dust particles. Two people suspected to have viral haemorragic fever are still in isolation at the Morningside Medi-Clinic in Johannesburg. Pawesk

  233. Sugar that is very good information, is it something very new to West-Africa and Africa as a whole? Educate me here, how did it start? Man AIDS is enough not this one again!!!!

  234. go to the sabc website they have all the info on this virus according to them this virus is normally found in rodent’s excreta and can also pullute the air we breathe. Because that lady walked bare foot and didnt seek medical help, it likely she got it in west africa as she was a doing her game viewing tht is why it is important not to go to jungles

  235. The arena virus causes chronic infection in certain types of wild rodents. The virus is carried in the urine of wild mice which can contaminate human food. Robert Swanepoel of the NICD says there is no indication that arena viruses which could cause disease in humans were present in South African rodents.

  237. it will be very difficult to say that here in zed due to the nature of our lab equipment its all from the sir lewinsky times how unfortunate

  238. WHOA!it will be nice to really know what is going especially here in the Zed, where we are easily defeated even by small disease, it will be very deadly if this is truly a Zambian thing….we hope the best efforts will be put in to ascertain whats really up…

  242. Ba Ali In USA na mipapata sana mudala ngamwaliitemwa you don’t want to start me me today trust me i have a ban morning as it is, Mateyo is threatening to beat the H**L out of those who will be violent!

  243. Shateni, i lost truck of theis so called deadly virus, anybody affected or infected here in Zed.
    otherwise mwauka bwanji?

  245. Hey, (243), so you are human after all. Enough of the virus. Too much of one thing is…..besides it is clearly a South African indaba. Well for starters can I call you shets? That will keep you from the paws of the real Creature. Please, do not get me wrong. I am not inviting an exchange of anything neither do I want to be in your firing squad range. Just that I am a princess and I cannot help being nice to everybody. However I do not want to be reminded of the Creature. I would rather play in the hands of the Creator. Now, you think it is worth sending my relation abroad? But can one be able to save enough to buy something worthwhile back home like a farm for instance?

  246. My dear Princess-y when you look at the economy here in Zed, if you tried to push in a bit do you think you can fail to buy a car – cash nayo and own a house (loan free). By the way am in Zed, ka flag kabufi. but am living example, through tamanga, full time job, i have managed all these things. Kubafye focused. keep your relation home and teach them to work hard then one day they will afford to buy a ticket to go abroad.

  247. #244 FYI, AM NOT AN ENTERTAINER OK AND PLEASE SPARE ME THE WHOLE THING OF PF COZ AM NOT!!!RJZ NAUKA KAYA NAMWEE!!!AS FOR YOU PRINCESS-Y AM NOT INVITING ON AND AM NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU ON FOR AN EXCHANGE OF WORDS. HOWEVER, YOUR COUSIN CAN MAKE CHEDDAZ BY CLEANING BEHINDS AND S/HE CAN MAKE A LOT OF IT TO EVEN BUY A FARM, THAT WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN DOING.

  249. Amwao, ahede! kusambika matako is not real, ndipo amweo sininga yese alo patontho. Ndipo nili namu selu oipa bad. ya ya ya ingankhale bad iyo.
    no ways, nipa ZED Chabe.

  251. Koma imwe ba Muzungu belela you are not good. If you cannot wash old people’s bottoms. Need you laugh out so loud!. Some people make lots of money out of this business. At least so says ba Shets. Its not like bagwila kumanja? They probably wear masks to keep the foul smell in check. I am sure if someone saved some money for say, two years they can quit the job & live like a king in Zambia. Ba RJZ I also appreciate your advice. That can work for certain people. What about those who are unable to get jobs? They have tried & tried & tried. They cannot be kaponyas and they cannot continue to be dyesad. That can be humiliating you know. (Ati mungo nyopola) Excuse the Chipata language!

  252. I have a cure for this maligenge monopotamia, it’s a wicked disease that can send someone to the pit before their time!Call for immunization injection!!!!

  253. #251, nikonda nyama boi, ningaleke kudya for life. ulo bakuti teka bola panshi – awe mwandi bola yenve iyi singawame. but again i think its better than ukaponya. even me i have heard that some people make good bucks but boi, its the hard way. kungovala menso am sure. jobs indeed are hard to come by maybe akalongisi can try that erand. ukuti nakusuka mbale mu ma restuarant – uko 4 hours, uku 4 hours, lombe neo i need my hours after 17 til 06 the following day, weekend nayo ni yango – kuchitako ma personal.com. others ati kungosheta tyala……

  256. PLIZ ZAMBIANS DECEASE FROM EATTING CERTAIN THINGS. NINSHI. TOO MUCH NSALA OR MAYBE ITS JUST TOO MUCH APPETITE. TRY OTHER FOODS OR BETTER STILL BE LIKE SOME OF US WHO EAT FROM RHAPOSDYS. A LITTLE KWACHAS WONT KILL U. MULATUSEBANYA SANA WIT YOUR RECKLESS EATING HABITS.THANK YOU.

  259. #22 and #4, you can’t change the flag neither can LT. What determines which flag you get is the IP address of the proxy server through which your connection is routed. If that Server has a U.S.A address, you will get the U.S flag.

    Goodday.

  260. #256 and i say again – Gossip Girl uli mututu sana. uletumwenesha.
    you are so anti-Zambian. be real, be yourself, be zedian, be african and be proud of what you are. Yak! that Rhaposdys food is so unhealthy, uuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

  261. (260)Say It Loud, I couldn’t agree with you more. It is a known fact that certain people eat dogs etc and what is that compared to a mouse or rabbit (rodent). Gives one the impression some people are confined to one place ayi.. reminds one of the adage ‘umwana ashenda….’ hey

  262. Whats up gossipGIRL? The comment you made eating at Rhapsody’s, like some of us? Like a typical nigger you think eating @ rhapsody’s is like a serious statement of development or success. The French eat frogs, the scottish eat haggis ( Sheep intestines), The chinese eat dogs. So why should we slander our own peoples heritage by stopping them from eating rodents ? Just for the record I think rhapsodys is over-rated and full of snobbish rednecks & coconuts (Blacks who try to behave like whites)

  263. #258 mama muli banangwa mayo mmwaunfwa, which white or is Lebanese took you out pa rhapsody’s, mwabweela confused after a few insertions?!

  264. Number 258. Your unbelievable, you get taken once on a date by a sugar daddy to rhapsodys and you think you’ve evolved into a superior being?!

  266. #256 Some Zambians, awe mwe! busungu bwashani musambilile? Ine am just from eating my lunch with ama team in Kalingalingadale (nshima with impwa, chibwabwa & dry fish from Luangwa. Once Zambia always Zambian.

  268. PA ZED JEALOUS.JUST BECAUSE SOME1 DINES @RHAPSODYS BECOMES A BIG DEAL FOR YOU. GROW UP.NINMPIYA SHAKWE.AND TO THOZ EATN RATS PLIZ STOP.STIOPET

  269. #268. kaliule fye. what life is that? talk of meaningful issues. let the people enjoy their delicacies of mbeba, kowe, dingi and let bazungu naba choncholi enjoy their dog meat, frog, snakes etc. jealous yachani, malabishi! mwilaibepa.

  270. RB 72 canceled his trips for Eastern province because lunch was served with nshima and rats.He got scared due to this strange disease caused by rats.Later in the afternoon after sata landed on a UAC heli he was served the similar meal and fainted after eating and was rushed to the hospital.
    Miyanda was lucky because he was on foot to Eastern province for campaigning and missed the meal.

    HH was not available for comment and his phone was not reachable either.

    HH man with a vision 2008 oct

  273. Whay is wrong with you people dont you read newspapers or listen to radios the dead woman was flown to South Africa after she was suspected of having another viral fever. You should be concerned about the country that does not have sufficient medical equipments and medicines to treat communicable diseases.

  274. a rat bit who,, where and how,, did the rat get bitten back,,,
    are there elections on some where ??? i believe vote 1 for more smiles,,,,,more hugs, and less politicians as they are killing the world

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