MERS-CoV update: Case accumulation over time and by region of suspected acquisition...

Click on chart to enlarge.It's been about a month since I last updated this chart. While the situation is perhaps not yet worthy of the Jeff Golblum quote from Jurassic Park..."I'm fairly alarmed here"...it's heading that way for me.There is quite an uptick in the slope of the Kingdom of Saudi...

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Professor Ali Mohamed Zaki on MERS-CoV: camels a secondary concern to person-to-person spread

There have been a seemingly continual and growing stream of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases of late, with a particular emphasis on what seem to be increasing numbers of healthcare worker infections, a possibly younger age group and less severe disease.Professor Ali Mohamed...

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Animal contacts among Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases: UPDATE

Click on image to enlarge.An update of the total number of cases where animal contact or exposure has been noted. Such mentions seem to have been on the rise since October 2013, but the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) still has the lowest proportion of mentions among the list, despite the...

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When 2 - 2 = 2: Ebola case numbers in Sierra Leone

I've been having a little trouble following some aspects of the World Health Organization's (WHO) updates on the Zaire ebolavirus outbreak. There have been a few things - tiny little things - that have made it more confusing for a simple chap like me to track. One of them follows.Don't get me wrong; this is not a criticism of the fantastic job the social comms team (@HaertlG, @setiogi and...

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Update on Ebola virus disease (EVD) case accumulation chart with new WHO African Regional Office data...[UPDATED].

UPDATED with 2 Sierra Leone probable deaths.Click on image to enlargeNot much of a change to be seen with the data from WHO following that from UNICEF yesterday.No Species Zaire ebolavirus cases have been confirmed in Sierra Leone nor any in Mali (6 suspected cases however; 2 other samples...

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Update on Ebola virus disease (EVD) case accumulation chart with new UNICEF data...

Click on chart to enlarge.Thanks to a UNICEF Australia's update I've added a few cases to the produce a new chart; I expect we'll see some WHO numbers soon, and I'll update if there are any differences.Check the version number in the bottom left hand corner - it defines whether it is the only...

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Recorded Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks throughout time...

A guide of case total confirmed cases and those who died from Ebola virus over time.Sourced from Public Health England website [1]:Click on chart to enlarge.A quick chart to highlight the larger and smaller outbreaks and importations of EVD and Ebola viruses, respectively, that have been recorded...

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Ebola virus disease and lab testing...

Virology Down Under's latest Ebola virus case case chart.Click on chart to enlarge.Maia Majumder has posted a nice concise comment on her blog. In her latest post [1] she notes that we shouldn't be too surprised that the number of Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases with a lab confirmation (conf)...

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Editor's Note #17: 500th post

Just noticed that there are 500 posts listed on this blog (501 now). I still have a few to port across from the old site but its kinda weird to think I've posted on stuff that many times. I only have ~60 actual scientific papers...although a lot more citations for VDU's blog than for those papers. Hmm. What does that say about my impact or chosen profession?Anyhoo - Cool bananas!I wasn't planning...

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Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa: chart of cases to 04-Apr

Data are based on WHO DONs, French Embassy Conakry figures and WHO Tweeted information.Click on image to enlarge.The Ebola virus disease (EVD) case chart adjacent is based on the latest Disease Outbreak News (DON) from the World Health Organization (WHO) posted at the Global Alert and...

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