With the support and mentorship of Dr. Benjamin Harris of A.M. Dogliotti Medical College at the University of Liberia, Dr. David Henderson and Dr. Christina Borba of the Chester M. Pierce M.D. Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the MGH/Mclean Adult Psychiatry Residency...
Mental Health in Liberia - Maithri Ameresekere -The Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
MERS-CoV cases by site of virus acquisition.
My first shot at some graphical representations of the MERS-CoV data. Much harder than for H7N9 as the data are scant. Larger versions and more detail can be found on the MERS-CoV pa...
The H7N9 missing link: testing the wrong end?
Helen Branswell has an excellent piece detailing as yet unpublished work by the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Georgia.The researchers have found that influenza A(H7N9) virus can be detected from the nasal passages of chickens and quail - both animals implicated in transmission during the H7N9 outbreak in China. The "so what?" factor is that normally avian hosts shed influenza viruses...
H7N9 case dies 67-days after illness onset.
59M native of Anhui province, treated in Shanghai, died on Saturday. Case #19 on the H7N9 page Case li...
3 deaths among existing MERS-CoV cases in KSA.
Two had underlying kidney failure. That's all we know at the moment. The WHO will fill us in later hopeful...
Italy now hosts primary MERS-CoV cases.
Crofsblogs has been posting very informative pieces on these developments. I encourage you to keep an eye his and FluTrackers posts for the latest.Two confirmed local cases of MERS-CoV infection, both presumed to be contracted from the imported 45M mentioned yesterday, both hospitalized in isolation in Florence (regional capital of Tuscany, population 3.8M).Neither are severely ill. 45M's granddaughter...
Possible antiviral strategy to intervene in severe MERS-CoV cases?
FluTrackers posted a link to an article that mentions the negative off-target effects of antibiotics being used in MERS-CoV cases (especially among patients with renal failure).The story also mentions a MERS-CoV "treatment protocol" (without further clarification) involving antivirals similar to those used for Hepatitis C virus infections. I wonder if this March 2013 paper by Falzarano and colleagues...
H7N9 case dies 67-days after illness onset
59M native of Anhui province, treated in Shanghai, died on Saturday. Case #19 on the H7N9 p...
