Chickenpox parties--just a Facebook friend away
Category: General Epidemiology
Facebook--catch up with friends, trade viruses?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 1:20 PM • 29 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
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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?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:00 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:06 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Pigs with Ebola Zaire: a whole new can o' worms
Category: Ebola
Ebola Zaire + pigs = transmissible respiratory infection? Did not see that one coming.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ebola in Uganda: current and past outbreaks
Category: General Epidemiology
Is Uganda the new hotspot for Ebola?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 2:44 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Margulis does it again
Category: AIDS/HIV
Margulis' transition to the Dark Side is complete.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:00 AM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"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.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 10:00 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 5:13 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Biblical flu paper going bye-bye
Category: General Epidemiology
A retraction of a Biblical-based diagnosis
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 5:35 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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