New warning over monkeypox threat Writing in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers from Stanford University say that it could return. They write: "We can no longer afford to ignore uncommon, geographically restricted or seemingly conquered infectious agents. "If the US is fortunate enough to have avoided the establishment of a new endemic zoonosis [an infection which jumps from animal to human] this time, the next outbreak caused by an emerging agent, wherever it occurs, may prove very different." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3380177.stm --------------------------------------------------- evidence file for "Retribution" page http://www.perceptions.couk.com/bbio1.html --------------------------------------------------- FURTHER REFERENCES GO - "search perceptions" - in SEARCH-ENGINE file-ID www.perceptions.couk.com/zoonot22.txt