…Trust Kate MacDougall – Physiotherapist, Bedford Sally Jennings – Palliative Care Physiotherapist (Retired), Leicester Dr Timothy Jennings – GP (Retired), Leicestershire Dr Julia Ward – GP, Dundee Dr Eleanor Drager…
…the late 1990s, Australian scientists decided to genetically engineer ectromelia virus, a member of the Poxviridae. The idea was to introduce into the viral genome the coding region for a…
…What is the origin of KoRV? The koala is native to Australia where they are found in eastern and southern coastal areas. All koalas in the eastern state of Queensland…
…disease outbreak in Australia, AIDS-like disease in wild chimps, return of polio type 2 in Nigeria, the influenza pandemic wave, and rabies in three countries. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV045.mp3″] Click the arrow…
…an ongoing outbreak of poliomyelitis in the Horn of Africa, with 65 cases in Somalia and 8 cases in Kenya. The virus causing that outbreak came from Nigeria. Somalia and…
…(map), with 2,608 cases, including 40 stillbirths or short living newborns. In response to the situation, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has declared a national public health emergency (http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/index.php/cidadao/principal/agenciasaude/20629-ministerio-da-saude-investiga-aumento-de-casos-de-microcefalia-em-pernambuco). The…
