BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 ISSUE
SPECIAL REPORT A Plethora of Pathogens These deadly diseases can devastate economies. CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER Highly contagious disease, which decimated pig herds in The Netherlands in 1997 and 1998. New outbreak in England. NIPAH Newly identified virus causes brain inflammation in pigs and people. Since 1998, 1 million pigs have been destroyed in Malaysia and Singapore. CHICKEN INFLUENZA 5 million chickens killed in a 1984 Pennsylvania outbreak, costing $63 million. In 1997 the flu jumps to humans, killing six in Hong Kong. HEARTWATER DISEASE Tick-borne disease causes high fever and respiratory failure in cattle and horses. This infection is deadly unless discovered very early. SCREW WORM Maggots buried in living tissue cause inflammation, even death. The U.S. has spent millions to eradicate it, but sightings in Texas and Florida indicate it is sneaking in. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Bio Invasion PHOTO: A. Marmoreum: African Tick TABLE: Foot & Mouth Disease TABLE: Borders Grow More Permeable CHART: Ag Products Stream In TABLE: Mad Cow Disease TABLE: West Nile Encephalitis CHART: What's at Stake TABLE: Exotic Newcastle Disease TABLE: A Plethora of Pathogens INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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