Monday, 30 May 2016

Microcephaly, calcium deposits and eye problems...

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What do virologists do when they are holed up at home with a productive cold? No idea. But I'm doing some reading of stuff I don't...
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

How are scientists responding to the threat of mosquito-borne viruses?

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Photo courtesy of Dr. Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Forensic and Scientific Services, Department of Health, Queensland. We tried something differ...

Brazil's microcephaly and CNS disorder (M&CD) monitoring: Report No. 27, 2016-Week No. 20...

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These graphs are made by me using data obtained from epidemiological week (EW) number 20's Brazil Ministry of Health microcephaly and f...
Monday, 23 May 2016

Brazil's microcephaly and CNS disorder (M&CD) monitoring: Report No. 26, 2016-Week No. 19...

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These graphs are made by me using data obtained from epidemiological week (EW) number 19's Brazil Ministry of Health microcephaly and fo...
Sunday, 22 May 2016

Zika in the mouse...

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Just over a week ago there were a few published Zika virus (ZIKV) studies in mice and brain balls (neurospheres and organoids). These were b...
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

27 countries have seen a MERS-CoV case with Bahrain's addition...

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13 of those 27 have had local transmission. The Bahrain-diagnosed infection was likley acquired from a camel in his dromedary camel farm ...
Sunday, 15 May 2016

Colombia Zika virus report, Epidemiological Week No. 18...

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The latest epidemiological report, which includes data on Zika virus disease (ZVD; 01MAY2016-07MAY2016), has been produced by the Colombian ...
Thursday, 12 May 2016

Zika index: VDU's posts on Zika...

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To make it a little easier for me to keep up and to look back at the crazy assumptions made during the 'fog of outbreak', I thought ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Colombia Zika virus report, Epidemiological Week No. 17...

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The latest epidemiological report, which includes data on Zika virus disease (ZVD; 24APR2016-30APR2016), has been produced by the Colombian ...
Sunday, 8 May 2016

Zika, twins and complexity...

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The media reported yesterday on a study underway in Sao Paolo, southern Brazil.[1] The study is looking at five pairs of twins so far - each...