New infections in the new world

... are not designed to fight an immune response – they either leave their host before the defence mechanisms function or they cause its death. For this reason, it is easier to develop vaccines against such pathogens and they are more efficient than vaccines against pathogens causing chronic infections. Epidemiological surveillance of such infections is more straightforward as they have a short incubation period coupled with acute symptoms. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and HIV epidemics offer an apt comparison in these terms. Photo: socioecohistory.wordpress.com SARS Coronavirus. A race specific virus engineered in the Illuminist bio-weapon labs, MIC. Coronavirus causing a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was detected ...