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This isn't about a disease threat, but I thought I'd post it here because it is an inspiring story about a lifesaving public health response and the international cooperation between a public health agency and a zoo in another country.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localne...prmid=obinsite
Also he was saved by some awesome detective work done by the B.C. CDC:
http://woodlandparkzblog.blogspot.co...y+Inspiring%29
http://seattletimes.com/html/localne...prmid=obinsite
Originally published March 22, 2013 at 1:50 PM | Page modified March 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Snakebit man saved by antivenin from Woodland Park Zoo
Snakebit man saved by antivenin from Woodland Park Zoo
Michael Lovatt of Vancouver, B.C., had not realized he'd been bitten by a viper on his foot, but when the 61-year-old returned home on Monday, he was ill and was diagnosed with kidney failure after being rushed to the hospital. His legs were swollen from his foot to his mid-thigh.
But not knowing what bit him, doctors called in help from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. The medical team determined based on Lovatt's symptoms that he was bitten by a Fer-de-lance Bothrops asper, which is native to Central and South America and is known to be deadly to humans.
But not knowing what bit him, doctors called in help from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. The medical team determined based on Lovatt's symptoms that he was bitten by a Fer-de-lance Bothrops asper, which is native to Central and South America and is known to be deadly to humans.