Wild poliovirus in China
…to circulate in Pakistan, causing 76 reported cases of paralytic disease so far this year. This incident emphasizes the need for continued high immunization coverage in all countries until eradication…
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The value of influenza aerosol transmission experiments
…humans. Lipsitch also cites the numerous incidents that occur in American laboratories involving select agents. I suggest the reader listen to Ron Fouchier explain on TWiV #291 how a computer…
How Firestone controlled Ebola virus disease in Liberia
…from spreading among their 8,500 employees. The company established an incident management system, developed procedures for early detection of infection, enforced infection control guidelines, and provided different levels of management…
Why do we still use Sabin poliovirus vaccine?
…does not cause poliomyelitis (early batches of IPV were not sufficiently inactivated, leading to vaccine-associated outbreaks of polio, the so-called Cutter incident). From 1955 to 1960 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis…
Moving beyond metagenomics to find the next pandemic virus
…Although there have been recent lapses in high-containment biological facilities, none have resulted in harm, and work has gone on for years in many other facilities without incident. I understand…
Trial By Error, Continued: My Questions for Lancet Editor Richard Horton
…The scenarios envisioned ed by QMUL’s data security expert, who sketched out far-fetched strategies that activist patients might pursue to re-identify and then harass trial participants, were grossly exaggerated and…