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What exactly is the most horrific infectious disease?
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Many: There are a lot of bad ones. Necrotizing fasciitis or flesh eating bug infection, Meningococcal meningitis, pneumococcal sepsis in a post-splenectomy patient and septic shock with multisystem failure are among the worst.
Answered 6/28/2014
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There are many: Dangerous viruses include: Marburg Virus, Ebola Zaire, Hantavirus, H5N1 (Avian Flu), Junin Virus (Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever), Lassa Fever, Crimea – Congo Fever,Machupo virus (Bolivian hemorrhagic fever), Kyasanur Forest Virus (KFD), Rabies, Smallpox & Dengue fever.
Answered 11/3/2016
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