Polio returns to Minnesota
Poliovirus has been isolated from a patient who died last month in Minnesota. Is this incident related to the outbreak of polio in an Amish community in the same state…
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New swine influenza viruses in humans
…Gerald Ford won’t be rolling over in his grave over this incident. Weingartl, H., Albrecht, R., Lager, K., Babiuk, S., Marszal, P., Neufeld, J., Embury-Hyatt, C., Lekcharoensuk, P., Tumpey, T.,…
Influenza A/Mexico/2009 (H1N1): Questions and answers
…virulent (as in 1918) then the mortality is higher, 2.5% for that pandemic. Q: Second, with respect to airplane travel and travel generally, I think the press and the authorities…
Porcine circovirus DNA in rotavirus vaccine
…discovered as a contaminant of a pig kidney cell line. Later a second strain, porcine circovirus 2, was isolated and shown to be associated with postweaning multisystemic wasting disease, an…
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…most disturbed when the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy G. Thompson, referred to the anthrax bacillus as a virus. That incident crystallized in my mind the need to…
XMRV and CFS – It’s not the end
…away from this incident. First, that I make mistakes, and that I’m willing to admit it. Everyone does, including scientists. Second, if I had difficulties interpreting these papers, how would…