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Discussing causes, origins, evolution, and implications of disease and other phenomena.

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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. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and 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

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Why are the schools closing and other good H1N1 links...

Category: General biology

Basic influenza biology, school closing and pandemic mitigation, and the underappreciated and underfunded role of our public health system in these issues...

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Adamantane resistance in flu explained

Category: General biology

Nick Anthis has a very nice (and very readable!) overview of why flu viruses (including the new A/H1N1 strain) are resistant to adamantane, one of the antiviral drugs that can be used to treat influenza infections....

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Swine flu--deja vu all over again?

Category: General Epidemiology

Has this swine flu caused a previous human outbreak?

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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...

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Swine flu and deaths in healthy adults--cytokine storm?

Category: General biology

Is an influenza-triggered "cytokine storm" resulting in the deaths of young people in Mexico?

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Swine flu: a quick overview--and new New York and Kansas cases

Category: General biology

Swine flu has now been confirmed in 4 US states and Mexico...what does it mean?

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MRSA ST398 in US swine

Category: General biology

US pigs carry MRSA, too.

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Ebola in pigs! [UPDATED]

Category: General Epidemiology

USDA tests confirm Ebola in pigs imported from the Philippines.

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Freaks of Nature and Bridgeless Gaps

Category: Blogging news

A new book and a newly-minted blogger...

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New Ebola subtype confirmed

Category: General biology

A fifth subtype of Ebola virus is described in a new PLoS Pathogens publication.

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