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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. She also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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May 31, 2007
Category: Antibiotic resistance
Just popping in quickly after I saw Klearchos' comment on the updated tuberculosis post. He notes on his website that the CDC has released additional travel information about the XDR-TB infected patient, including shorter flights made within Europe in addition...
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Category: AIDS/HIV
A veritable stew of microbial goodness...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Misc.
In the comments to the XDR-TB update post, Scott suggested that bloggers were putting too much emphasis on whether the TB patient was stupid/arrogant/self-centered/whatever, and later that "waxing indignant is pointless." I started this as a response to those comments,...
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May 30, 2007
Category: Antibiotic resistance
I blogged earlier about the Georgia man who globe-trotted while infected with XDR-TB. I wrote that post late Tuesday evening, and since then, a number of other details about his case have come to light--and they're not encouraging. In fact,...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 6:20 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
As a native Ohioan and longtime creationist watcher, of course I'm morbidly fascinated with (and dismayed by) the opening of the new Creation Museum just outside of Cincinnati. I'm not going to give a full response to its ridiculous "science;"...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:15 AM • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Antibiotic resistance
TB anywhere is TB everywhere, as a recent case demonstrates.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 8:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 29, 2007
It must be nice sometimes to live in alternative reality, like the science denial folks...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 2:00 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public health
"A billion customers in the world," Dr. Paul Polak told a crowd of inventors recently, "are waiting for a $2 pair of eyeglasses, a $10 solar lantern and a $100 house."
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Category: Blog carnivals
While I'm still getting caught up on work from time at the conference and the holiday, check out the latest edition of Grand Rounds over at From Med Skool....
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May 25, 2007
Category: AIDS/HIV
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I reviewed the HIV/AIDS chapter in Tom Bethell's book, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science." I discussed his characterization of AIDS in Africa: As the chapter title suggests, Bethell claims...
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