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Nepal: Disaster Response
This message is for our Nepalese colleagues (especially Amrit Banstola):
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http://mbio.asm.org/content/6/2/e00137-15.full.pdf+html OK, more "evidence" that Ebola spreads through the air, only there's no...
freelance science writer, specializing in biological weapons and the evolution of infectious disease
Transmission of Ebola Viruses: What We Know and What We Do Not Know
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James L.
Thanks for the questions, Lane. Sorry I leave a lot of details out to keep my posts efficient. ...
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Ad A.
it is not my opinion that ebola is tops on biodefence. it has no herd immunity- flu has-. it needs less than 7 to start infection-hbv needs 500 ...
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Ad A.
2000 individuals of HIV needs to be inan occulation place (pin-head) entering a damaged skin to cause infection. only 200 HBV in one pin head ...
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Evolving Public Health Situation In Nigeria.
Sub Sahara Africa Representative, Civil Society TaskForce, UN General Assembly Special Session on Drug Policy (UNGASS)
ODE IRELE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE QUARANTINED IMMEDIATELY
With over 27 deaths recorded in a space of less than 48 hours from an ailment manifesting strange symptoms (swollen tongue, blindness and then death within hours) which is yet to be ...Strange disease kills 14 in Ondo - The Nation thenationonlineng.net
An unknown disease has reportedly killed 14 persons in Ode-Irele, headquarters of Irele local government of Ondo state.
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Eze E.
Relief - death caused by poisoning and nothing contagious, bacterial or viral. No more deaths recorded after initial victims.
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James M.
That is great news Eze! A great response in the initial stages by the authrities and a welcome outcome for the region.
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adesola L.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/181774-nigerian-govt-says-ondo-strange-disease-under-control-blames-methanol-poisoning.html , ...
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New Grid Mapping Technique
I developed two new grid mapping techniques--one in GIS and the other is performed without a GIS, just a standard data analysis SQL-like tool with the ability to perform standard mathematical functions. NPHG is the latter. This hex-grid mapping ...
Brian Altonen's insight: The best way to reduce error in mapping is to convert from the use of square grids to hexagonal grids. This reduced the 40%+ error generated by apices in the grid to 14%, a more than 25% reduction in total grid mapping...
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A Zoonotic Disease Pattern, with central US, Ecological History
These mapping results for Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CFD) are very preliminary; numbers are low. There is notice of a central trend for cases and perhaps ecological placement. Based on reviews of other zoonotic in-migration disease patterns, I ...
A U.S. man who developed a rare and fatal brain disease likely got the disease from eating beef while living abroad more than a decade earlier, according to a new report of the case. Because the condition, known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob...
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Announcement from Public Health Early Warning Group: Ebola Response Manager's Choice
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Our team has elected to provide voluntary assistance to all West African nations in response to the Ebola disaster. If you are an...
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