NanoViricides Inc. (NNVC)

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...At the time, I was concerned about a new outbreak of avian flu in China that was killing more than half the people who came in contact with it.

The disease had not learned yet to cross the animal-to-human divide, but humans who ingested infected birds or slaughtered them and came in contact with their fluids had died by the hundreds.

I pointed out then to my Breakthrough Technology Alert subscribers that NanoViricides (NYSE:NNVC) would be a prime candidate to receive emergency funding if the disease proved to be more contagious with humans and began spreading.

So far, my nightmares have not come true. Certain versions of avian flu remain a nightmare scenario that could break out at anytime, so my fears are still valid. Influenza is an RNA virus, a primitive and persistent plague for which we have few if any medical defenses. Viruses are ancient diseases, and they kill. Modern medicine has been almost useless in dealing with them.

Now we have another especially horrible virus popping up again — Ebola. It was first identified in 1976, and like avian flu, it requires contact with bodily fluids to move into a new host. Unlike avian flu, it moves easily from human to human. Some outbreaks of Ebola, which is thought to be carried by fruit bats, have been traced to infections in monkeys or chimpanzees which, when eaten by humans, can transfer the virus. Monkey flesh is prized in many parts of Africa.

Ebola is a so-called hemorrhagic fever with a long incubation period of up to 21 days. Both factors are important. The hemorrhagic part means that victims typically begin bleeding internally soon after getting the disease.

Ebola kills quickly — so quickly that entire villages in sub-Saharan Africa where most outbreaks have occurred die off before the disease can spread to another village, thus containing it. But the long incubation period means that someone infected with Ebola may not know it for weeks, and during that time, he or she may infect many others.

What makes this year’s outbreak in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia and Guinea so dangerous is that many of the infected are in dense urban areas. Ebola has suddenly escalated into a far more fearful disease because it can spread surreptitiously before being detected.
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Any broad-spectrum antiviral drug is going to be worth tens of billions. Keep your eyes peeled for unique investment ideas in this space.

Read more: http://dailyreckoning.com/important-facts-you-need-to-know-the-ebola-outbreak/

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