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> December 21, 2001:
Hour One: New Squid /
Ebola Virus
As a new outbreak of the dreaded disease Ebola unfolds in Gabon, we'll
take a look at how this disease and other hemorrhagic viruses affect
people in Gabon and around the world. Are we doing enough to monitor
infectious diseases? And can we protect animals from these diseases
as well as humans? We'll talk about it.
We'll also hear about new research that has uncovered the first images
of a never-before-seen squid. The creature, which has been spotted in
several ocean basins around the world, is quite large, reaching up to
23 feet long. We'll find out more.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Michael Vecchione
Director, National Systematics
Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Laboratory
Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Washington, DC
Iain Simpson
Spokesperson, World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Clarence James ("C.J.") Peters
Professor, Department of Microbiology
& Immunology and Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
William Karesh
Author,
"Appointment at the End of the World: Memoirs of a Wildlife Veterinarian"
(Warner Books, 1999)
Director, Field
Veterinary Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx Zoo
Bronx, New York
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
In
Search of Giant Squid
Discovery
Channel: Giant Squids
November
28, 1997, Hour 1:Oliver Sacks/ Giant Squid
National
Resource Center for Cephalopods
MBARI
News - Unknown deep-sea squid recorded by Tiburon
CDC:
SPB: Disease Information: Fact Sheets: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Ebola
Haemorrhagic Fever
Viral
Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) in Healthcare Settings
CDC
Travelers' Health - Diseases
Scientific
American Explorations: Shaking the Ebola Tree: 8/96
This segment
produced by: Annette
Heist
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