Friday, 27 January 2017

H7N9 is having a big season...Happy New Year!

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My how things can change in 5 weeks.  If you look back a few posts you'll see that in late December, the data suggested avian influenz...
Thursday, 26 January 2017

WHO sets the table....and lays it with MERS-CoV details

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This just made my day. A Tweet from scientist and program manager at the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Embarek. In the tweet he note...
Monday, 26 December 2016

Snapdate: influenza H7N9 cases in humans, by the numbers...

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An updated chart. [SNAPDATE'S are snap updates that don't have lots of detail and chat...although they almost always end up having l...
Friday, 23 December 2016

H7N9:2016 has been the most quiet year to date...

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Influenza A(H7N9) virus, or 'H7N9', has had a quiet year when compared to past outbreaks. All human cases to date have been lin...
Sunday, 18 December 2016

Happy Festive Season to all who read this....

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T his post has been moved to the new Virology Down Under platform on Wordpress. You can get to this specific post by clicking on the link ...
Monday, 12 December 2016

Get off my lawn you 2016....!

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Sunday, 4 December 2016

Zika virus-positive microcephaly in Colombia...

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The latest epidemiological report (epidemiological week 47) from Colombia, which includes data on Zika virus (ZIKV) disease (ZVD; 20NOV2016...
Friday, 18 November 2016

The reality of the post-truth world's impact on science communication...

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So:  We tweet 2each other.  We write 4each other.  We're considered elite.  We don't understand our community.  We can...
Thursday, 17 November 2016

Another virus found to remain infectious on hard surfaces...

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That headline doesn't bring in the readers. But - as far as we can tell having not been to the Nov 13-17 conference at which the prelimi...
Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Time to pick ourselves up, learn from our mistakes and do better...

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We've all learned some hard lessons in the past 24 hours. We've seen something happen that we can't really comprehend. But such...