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Killer Virus 'From Paramyxoviridae Family'

Posted by timothy on from the bad-family dept.

texchanchan writes "Yahoo story about the microbe that's been killing world travelers being isolated and identified as a 'paramyxoviridae' virus (not a bacterium. Simple page on the difference.) Here are pictures of similar viruses (Rinderpest, ugh! sounds as bad as anthrax) from the Big Picture Book of Viruses."

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  1. My manager the virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My manager is like a virus. He'll keep injecting his own code into a perfectly good working application someone else made until the thing bursts, and then he'll move on the the next application.

  2. Thank Deus! by arvindn · · Score: 3, Funny
    being isolated and identified as a paramyxoviridae virus

    What a relief! You won't believe how much sleep I've been losing thinking it could be a pseudopicornaviridae!

  3. Re:No worries by umofomia · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's only a matter of time before they develop a vaccine for it.
    And reverse engineer its code? That would be a violation of the DMCA. :)
  4. That pesky Paramyxoviridae family by IainHere · · Score: 3, Funny

    Killer Virus 'From Paramyxoviridae Family'

    I always said that family caused nothin' but trouble.