Understanding bird migration is one important aspect to better understanding of influenza viruses. This is because water birds, including ducks, geese, swans, gulls, terns and waders are natural hosts for low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (LPAI). High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses are mostly assembled in/found in poultry.Little detail exists on the extent of wild...
Pediatric Medical Education in Mbarara, Uganda
Before my arrival in Uganda I had read numerous articles on commonly seen conditions, spoken with residents and attendings who had previously worked at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH), and did my best to familiarize myself with cultural practices. However, nothing could have prepared...
Guangzhou reopens live poultry markets: Good idea or too soon?
Curve of H7N9 human cases in the two most hard-hit Provinces in China Zhejiang and Guangdong. Hangzhou shut its poultry markets 24-Jan. Guangzhou shutits markets 15-Feb. Similar rate of cases in Wave 2 of H7N9.The difference? Zhejiang's markets remain closed.Well, that seemed like a...
