The portraying of certain governments, agencies, organizations and people as incompetent, unmotivated, sinister or dysfunctional is pure conjecture without any form of substance behind it.
Obviously, writing a book with the ambition of accuracy across such a broad range of subjects is a collective effort. In this context the author would like to thank: TS, FS, AMF, JW, MV, AE, RG, JF, TB, LG, KP, CT, FL, IP, JR, IR, DB, GG, DH, EV, WF, DW, AA, FS, JO, CL, SN, CC, NA, JO, CC, MW, PZ, EM, MS, NL, MS, MG, LR, JM, AP, JP, DT, DS, KS and for their support, knowledge, critique, corrections and perspectives. A special thanks go out to guides and healthcare professionals in the Maluku Islands, none more so than Mr. Rusti and Dr. Kesto.
UOCABILARIUS
(Glossary)
Organizations
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the national (in the United States if not otherwise stated) civilian authority for preventing and dealing with epidemics
DIA The Defense Intelligence Agency. The central producer and manager of foreign military intelligence for the United States, subordinate to the DoD.
DoD Department of Defense
Executive
Outcomes A private South-African military company selling ‘regime change’ or ‘regime preservation’ in Africa. As an example of their activities they defeated the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone in 1995. The company was formally dissolved on 31 December 1998, There has been speculation that the army is still in operation under another name
Fort Detrick The headquarters of USAMRIID
Majestic 12 The mother of all grand unified conspiracy theories. Supposed codename for an alleged secret committee formed to investigate the Rosewell UFO crash
NORTHCOM A Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. military tasked with providing military support for civil authorities in the U.S., and protecting the territory and national interests of the United States within the contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada
NSA The National Security Agency. Part of US military intelligence responsible for signal intelligence
SHOC Strategic Health and Operations Center, the room at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, with communication links to local offices, which acts as main coordination point for the outbreak teams
USAMRIID United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, the military equivalent of the CDC in the United States
WHO World Health Organization, the primary UN organization for global health issues.
Medical Terminology
A/Singapore/
4/2015/
(H1N1) Official labeling of new influenza strains, describing in order of position the type (A being most common for humans), the lab where the virus was first isolated, an enumeration of isolates at the lab during the year, the year of discovery and the subtype of the virus
Adenovirus Virus causing multitude of infections, e.g., conjunctivitis, tonsillitis, gastroenteritis
Alprazolam Fast onset benzodiazepine. Most commonly sold under the brand name Xanax
Amantadine Anti-viral drug to which the regular seasonal influenza has developed resistance
Amoxicillin Moderate-spectrum antibiotic used to treat a bacterial infections
Analgesics Painkiller
Arginine Positively charged amino acid
Asphyxiation Death through lack of oxygen
ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Babesiosis Rare malaria-like parasitic disease with all documented cases in temperate zones north of the equator
Benzodiazepines Psychoactive drug that has sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant and muscle relaxant properties. Valium is the most common brand name
Beta-blockers Class of drugs that reduce stress by binding to the receptors of adrenalin
Bronchi` Passage of airway in the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs
BSL Bio Safety Lab. Comes in four levels of security with 1 being the lowest and 4 the highest
CBC Complete Blood Count. Test which gives information about the cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) in a patient’s blood
Cerebrospinal fluid Clear fluid around and inside the brain and the spinal cord
Chromatogram Laboratory technique for separation of mixtures in a sample
Clindamycin Antibiotic used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria
Congo-Crimean fever Widespread tick-borne hemorrhagic fever with a 30% mortality rate
Conjunctivitis An inflammation of the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelid
Coronavirus A group of viruses affecting the respiratory tract encompassing, for instance, both SARS and the common cold
Cyanosis The appearance of a blue or purple coloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to the tissues near the skin surface being low on oxygen
Cytokine storms A potentially fatal immune reaction consisting of a positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells, resulting in an uncontrolled activation of too many immune cells
Emphysema A lung disease defined by persistently poor airflow as a result of breakdown of lung tissue, typically caused by smoking
Encephalitis A potentially lethal inflammation of the brain which represents by fever, confusion or worse, seizures or convulsions
Encephalitis
Lethargica A variant of encephalitis that leaves the victims speech and motionless
Hemagglutinin A part of the Influenza genome (the ‘H’ part). Its purpose is to bind the virus to the cell being infected
Hypercytokinemia A potentially fatal immune reaction consisting of a positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells, resulting in an uncontrolled activation of too many immune cells
HEPA respirator High-Efficiency Particular Air filter. Removes 99.97% of all particles greater than 0.3 micrometers. The filter is sufficient to prevent the passage of viruses through the filter
Lymphocyte levels The amount of a type of white blood cell levels that are present in the spinal column
Melatonin A hormone that serves to control the circadian rhythm. Intake can serve to reset the body’s perception of time and is hence a common remedy for jetlag.
Meningitis An inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It is a potentially lethal conditions with symptoms similar to encephalitis
Naphazoline
hydrochloride Drug for reducing redness of eyes, also referred to as Cleareyes, its most common brand name
Oseltamivir An antiviral drug, which may slow the spread of influenza for certain strains. Marketed under the trade name Tamiflu
Petechial
hemorrhages A form of mild hemorrhage which causes small red to purple spots to form. Reliable symptom of asphyxiation
Pleural cavity The space that lies between the two thin membranes that line and surround the lungs.
Pneumonitis Inflammation of lung tissue
Polymerase An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of copying a DNA or RNA strand (a virus’s process of replication)
Prions An infectious agent composed of a protein in a mis-folded form. The cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, ‘mad cow’ disease and Kuru
Rosacea A chronic condition characterized which causes redness of the skin and/or pimple-like pustules to form in one’s face
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – a respiratory disease that caused and epidemic which originated in Southern China and caused 8,273 cases and 775 deaths in multiple countries between November 2002 and July 2003
Sumatriptan A drug used for treatment of migraine
Thyroid A large gland found in the neck that controls how quickly the body uses energy
Vancomycin A natural occurring antibiotic, originally discovered in the jungles of Borneo, generally seen as a drug of last resort as there are few bacteria that have developed resistance as it has from its discovery been administered intravenously at hospitals and not been made available to the general public
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