I had written this as part of my last post but it didn't fit in with that topic...Yes there was a case of pneumonia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that apparently went untested for all possible/emerging/out-of-the-box pathogens - does that never happen elsewhere?In defence of the current MERS-CoV hotzone's testing, there are plenty of research and review papers in the scientific...
MERS-CoV by the numbers: recent weekly case activity...
Click to enlarge.Confirmed MERS-CoV cases (green) anddeaths (red) each week. Case numbersare listed on the y-axis (side), days of eachweek along the x-axis (bottom). Case datesare derived from announced date of onsetbut if absent, on the date of reporting.This follows on from my previous post (you can...
MGH/MRRH OB/GYN Collaboration: Mbarara Uganda (Sep-Oct 2013)
I can�t say that I was shocked when I got to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. I had been there before, so to speak, only in a different country on the opposite side of the continent. I knew the stark and dramatic differences. I was however taken aback yet again. It was hard not to compare...
MERS-CoV case in Spain, imported from Saudi Arabia during visit for Hajj pilgrimage [UPDATED]
Spain's Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality (Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad) has been reported via the media (not yet on their website) as describing the first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.Click to enlarge.MERS...
Durban, South Africa
Determining HIV-associated cryptococcal disease with clinic-based, point-of-care screening in Durban, South Africa.In August, I traveled to Durban, South Africa to collect pilot data for a study of diagnostics and to set up a new study related to cryptococcal infections, a common cause of HIV-related...
