Jinn of Quality and Risk (2003-Apr-30)

Jinn?

According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.

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Travel, around the world. Sleep, less. Profit, more. Eat, deliciously. Find, a new home.

Bio?

Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: entrepreneur, programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant

2003-Apr-30

What is zoonosis?

The transfer of disease from animals to humans is fueled by the constant, rapid adaptation of viruses and bacteria (evolution in action). Boston Globe: It all started with the fruit bats, the ones with a weakness for mango and a reputation for nasty table manners. It ended with 1.1 million pigs slaughtered, 105 humans dead, and the discovery of a new peril to mankind. When the curtain rose on Nipah virus in 1998, it was a drama in three acts, spotlighting performances from bats, pigs, and humans in a story as old as the first microbes to spread disease and misery on Earth. Somehow the virus catapulted from one species to another and then a third, with profoundly varying health consequences. Now, disease detectives hot on the trail of the coronavirus implicated in the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, are increasingly suspicious that a similar phenomenon unfolded with that disease, which appeared out of nowhere one autumn day last year on the lower lip of China. They're looking at everything from primates to the exotic reptiles that wind up on dinner tables in southern China as potential routes of transmission for the virus to humans.

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