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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

Various viruses:

Chickenpox parties--just a Facebook friend away

Category: General Epidemiology

Facebook--catch up with friends, trade viruses?

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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in history--part 4: the bigger picture

Category: General biology

What does the realization of the cause of HUS tell us about other "complex" diseases?

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Measles in Iowa

Category: Infectious disease

We've had pertussis and mumps, so it was only a matter of time. State health officials declared a "public health emergency" Tuesday after a test confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated Dallas County baby who apparently picked up...

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Pigs with Ebola Zaire: a whole new can o' worms

Category: Ebola

Ebola Zaire + pigs = transmissible respiratory infection? Did not see that one coming.

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Ebola in Uganda: current and past outbreaks

Category: General Epidemiology

Is Uganda the new hotspot for Ebola?

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Measles in Arizona by the numbers

Category: Various viruses

Maryn McKenna has an excellent post on 2008's measles outbreak in Arizona. 14 confirmed patients, 8,321 individuals tracked down, 15,120 work hours lost at 7 Arizona hospitals due to furloughs of staff who were not appropriately vaccinated, and almost $800,000...

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Margulis does it again

Category: AIDS/HIV

Margulis' transition to the Dark Side is complete.

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"Pox" by Michael Willrich

Category: Book & movie reviews

Michael Willrich's new book, "Pox: an American History," sheds light on smallpox at the turn of the century, and what it means for vaccine policy today.

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Twittering in the classroom

Category: AIDS/HIV

Readers may be interested in participating in this, from Dave Wessner at Davidson College: Building on a project I piloted last fall, I will explore the potential role of Twitter more intentionally this fall in a course I teach on...

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Biblical flu paper going bye-bye

Category: General Epidemiology

A retraction of a Biblical-based diagnosis

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