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The Virology Down Under blog. Facts, data, info, expert opinion and a reasonable voice on viruses: what they are, how they tick and the illnesses they may cause.

Friday, 31 October 2014

The bad the worse and the over-interpreted...

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EVD case numbers between WHO reports.  The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola virus disease (EVD)case numbers that came out on 29-Oct...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Why Ebola virus is not human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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I'm not an HIV expert and only an Ebola virus hobbyist but let's see if we can list some things that are similar and different about...
Saturday, 25 October 2014

Mali makes it 6 countries in the West African Ebola virus disease epidemic

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v2 251014 The 6th country in the West African outbreak to host a case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in 2014, is Mali. The case was a ...
Sunday, 12 October 2014

Ebola double vision....

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A quick post to crudely highlight that total (suspected+probable+laboratory confirmed) Ebola virus disease case numbers have been doubling ...
Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Ebola index: Virology Down Under posts...

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This post has been moved to the new  Virology Down Under  platform on WordPress. Yo u can ac cess this post by clicking the link below.   ht...
Saturday, 4 October 2014

What words would you use to separate influenza spread from Ebola virus disease spread?

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I need your help. I have spent umpteen hours on trying to make this message simple. None of that has been aided by the way that the CDC,...
Friday, 3 October 2014

Evaluating a traveller being considered for Ebola virus disease

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From  http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/ebola-algorithm.pdf A lot of other content from the United States Centers for Disease Contro...

The richer end of the world finds creative ways to spread Ebola virus... [UPDATED x2]

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ProMED MODERATOR JW SUGGESTED SOME ASPECT OF THIS WAS A HOAX (HEADLINE).  http://promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20141004.2832236 Amendme...

It's what falls out of the aerosol that matters....

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v2 031014 "Aerosol" is a messy word. It means different things to different people. So does "airborne". What'...
Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Australia's response to Ebola virus disease in West Africa: is too little enough?

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Written by Dr. Katherine E. Arden and Dr. Ian M. Mackay The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) began in December 2013 in Guinea. It s...
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