Influenza A/Mexico/2009 (H1N1): Questions and answers
…don’t anticipate that this will have a major impact on disease this season. There is no reason to believe that the viruses will evolve to a more virulent form. Q:…
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The perfect storm
…key players in SARS-CoV-2-associated cytokine storms, a group in France analyzed the cytokine responses in fifty COVID-19 patients experiencing varying disease severity. The authors found that patients with severe disease…
Nipah virus at 20
…by lethal encephalitis in patients associated with pig farming. Initially the pig disease was thought to be caused by classical swine fever virus, while the human disease was considered a…
Detecting prions by quaking and shaking
…of 14 urine samples from patients with the disease, but not in 224 urine samples from healthy controls and patients with other neurologic diseases, including other TSEs. The estimated concentration…
A blood test for prion disease
…Creutzfeld-Jakob disease is caused by prions acquired by the consumption of cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also a prion disease affectionately known as mad cow disease. To date 231 cases…
Trial By Error: Some Coronavirus Advice from ME Association’s Dr Charles Shepherd
…to chronic neurological disease and mentions a few examples: €œThose with chronic liver disease, immunosuppression and chronic neurological disease are at increased relative risk of mortality if they contract flu…