What does the WHO's pandemic scale mean? And why is anyone worried about this?
Category: General Epidemiology
What's the big deal, and why predict the "aporkalypse"?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 2:10 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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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Infectious Disease Series
April 30, 2009
April 29, 2009
Iowa investigating two "probable" swine flu cases
Category: Infectious disease
It was only a matter of time: Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says the state has two probable causes of swine flu. Speaking Wednesday at a Statehouse news conference, Culver told reporters that officials would know Thursday if the cases are...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 8:20 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Wired: H1N1 a hybrid of 2 pig isolates
Category: Infectious disease
Brandon Keim at WiredScience has a new article on swine flu genomics. "This is what we call a reassortment between two currently circulating pig flu viruses," said Andrew Rambaut, a University of Edinburgh viral geneticist. "Why it's emerged in humans...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 2:20 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
US up to 91 cases, including 1 death [Updated: New England confirmed cases]
Category: Infectious disease
New states confirm infections, and the first US death from this strain
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April 28, 2009
Swine flu--deja vu all over again?
Category: General Epidemiology
Has this swine flu caused a previous human outbreak?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:35 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Swine flu link roundup
Category: Infectious disease
A few extra links of interest...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 8:00 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Swine flu: Central & South America, Asia, New York update
Category: Infectious disease
Still spreading to new areas...most suspected or confirmed cases still have had recent contact with Mexico
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Swine flu and snake oil
Category: General Epidemiology
Never one to miss an opportunity--flush your colon waste and adjust your spine to cure swine flu!
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:00 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How long does it take to sequence an influenza virus?
Category: General Epidemiology
...asked Joe. Answer: only a few days to sequence, clean up the data, and submit to NCBI. Seven H1N1 swine flu sequences are up (H/T Jonathan Eisen). I've not had a chance to crack anything open yet, but I hope...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 1:50 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 27, 2009
Swine flu--still spreading
Category: General Epidemiology
Swine flu still spreading; some cases confirmed, others found to be negative--plus bonus BSG philosophy.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 2:45 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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