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Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

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Friday, April 04, 2014

WHO/AFRO: Responding To Public Health Events Of Unknown Etiology

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Public Health Events in 2012 – Credit WHO/AFRO # 8430 As recent events in Guinea and Western Africa illustrate, we often ...

Monday, February 20, 2012

Lancet: Increasing Incidence Of Infectious Diseases In New Zealand

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# 6158 Forty-three years ago (1969), Surgeon General of the United States William H. Stewart , famously (and as it turned ...

Monday, August 15, 2011

Sometimes It’s Zebras

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L & R: Trophozoites of N. fowleri in brain tissue, stained with H&E. Center: Ameboflagellate trophozoite of N. fowleri. ...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Study: Viruses With A Ticket To Ride

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# 5244 In March of 2008 I flew from Orlando to Washington D.C. ( changing planes in Atlanta ) to attend an HHS sponso...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

CMAJ: Infectious Risks In Family Doctor’s Offices

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# 5165 I didn’t used to be a germaphobe. In fact, as a paramedic in the 1970s, I worked without gloves 99% of the t...

Monday, December 20, 2010

NIOSH: Disease Risks For Emergency Responders

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# 5164 In mid November Maryn McKenna and I both ran blogs on infectious disease risks run by emergency responders and...

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