So hypersensitivity reactions affecting a sub-set of allergy-prone children may also be an explanation for the latter outbreak, although this speculation – in the absence of any other reported investigations – is solely based on that estimate of 25% of those exposed experiencing symptoms.
If the transmission of SARS-CoV from animal to human is as easy as that from humans to domestic cats, the speculation that the outbreak of SARS in the Amoy Garden in Hong Kong was caused by environmental sources, such as U-traps in bathrooms contaminated with SARS-CoV, should be reevaluated (3 ).
Now that Mormont has the disease, speculations of an outbreak in Westeros seem to be back on the table.
Between 1973 and 1992, no VEE outbreaks were reported anywhere, prompting speculation that epizootic strains of VEEV had become extinct (12 ).
There has been speculation that the current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa may have been sparked by the handling of bushmeat.
And as health officials try to anticipate a possible impending outbreak in the US, there is speculation that the politics of abortion will further complicate matters for women who might want to consider terminating a Zika-affected pregnancy.
Another speculation is that the outbreak of MERS in Saudi Arabia is very recent and there are more talks about it among the healthcare workers and in the community.
Misinformation is hampering efforts to tackle the Ebola outbreak in west Africa as rumours and speculation exacerbate the epidemic.
This has led to speculation that, as with an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in military hospitals in 2002-03, the army has not kept all arms of government informed.
QUESTION FROM AL: There has been speculation in the past concerning the outbreak of cholera.
Speculation on the cause of the outbreak had ranged from ethylene glycol in the water supply to attempts by the Russian authorities to reduce the population of Chechnya, where civil war and banditry have raged since 1994.
