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ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) became known worldwide in the 1980's when scientists studying opportunistic infections in otherwise healthy men stumbled upon the virus. Since th en...
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# 4443 With the unveiling of Maryn McKenna’s book Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA just a week away, we’ve a short video interview with Maryn to whet ou r...
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# 4442 Very early on in the pandemic of 2009 it was suggested that obesity might be a risk factor for complications from the H1N1 virus. This was based on...
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# 4441 One of the difficulties with controlling the H5N1 virus is that it can sometimes take days for some countries to confirm that the virus is the cause of poultry death s...
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# 4440 Commonground this morning, posting on FluTrackers, has the sad details on the death of a 3 year-old girl who lost her battle with the H5N1 virus while...
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# 4439 A hat tip to Treyfish posting on FluTrackers for this article on the discovery of highly pathogenic H5N1 at a poultry farm in Romania. This report published...
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# 4438 Ian York over at Mystery Rays blog has posted the second of five planned essays this week on Measles. I’ll admit after reading the fir st...
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# 4437 A hat tip to Shiloh, editor and senior moderator at FluTrackers, for picking up on this VOV (Voice of Vietnam) article regarding a new H5N1 case – this time a 3...
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# 4436 The `buzz’ this morning surrounds an article out of India describing the discovery of a `mutation’ in the PB2 gene segment of the H1N1 virus that h as...
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# 4435 Later today (4pm EDT) Sharon Sanders of FluTrackers will interview Dr. William Schaffner on the Infectious Disease show on Radio Sandy Springs 1620 AM. &# 160...
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