41.   Children are considered to be most at risk of contracting the disease.

42.   Connell said vaccinated cats that contract the disease anyway will have less severe symptoms.

43.   Dennis Phelps is believed to have contracted the disease after cutting his right hand while compacting trash in early December.

44.   Doctors said they did not know how Mourning contracted the disease, but ruled out hepatitis, drug abuse, or HIV.

45.   Even so, in rare cases, some people have contracted disease from blood that tested negative for antibodies.

46.   For some, especially those who contract the disease later in life, it may have no affect on their health, he said.

47.   For those who are not, the risks of vaccination need to be weighed against the risks of contracting the disease.

48.   He also says that he has confirmed earlier suggestions that men were three times more likely to contract the disease, and that no children were affected.

49.   He believes he contracted the disease while operating on an infected patient.