Ebola virus disease: obliterating a variant and stalled case decline...

We've seen the words vigilant and vigilance used widely in recent weeks, ever since we entered a "new phase" of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) battle/fight/war.The reason for vigilance in all things to do with this campaign has become obvious as the weeks have passed; the reduction in cases has...

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Avian influenza H7N9 human infection emerged 2 years ago...

Seems like only 365 days ago I wrote about H7N9 being 1 year old.Now - it's another year later.While we have studied, written, read and learned much, much more about this emerging respiratory virus than we have about the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - even after its 3 years among us...

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Gung hei fat choi! & Gong Xi Fa Cai!

..to the Cantonese and Mandarin speaking readers who may stumble across this blog, as well as everyone else who visits!May all who read this have a happy, healthy and prosperous Lunar New Year, an enjoyable Spring Festival and much luck in the Chinese Year of the goat (mounrain shee...

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Guangdong sees sense among the feathers...

Guangdong province in southern China is suspending its poultry markets. All of them. From 15-Feb to 28-Feb.[1] While the closures are only for 2-weeks, this will be very important for stopping human cases of avian influenza, particularity of the H7N9 subtype, during the bustling spring period in China. Live...

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