Influenza – uncertainty prevails
Around this time last year the press was full of impending doom[1]. The winter in Australia (June-Aug 2011) had seen a high level of influenza infection and as it is generally thought that we get what...
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Summer’s here but where are the viruses?
The warmer weather has brought a lull in the number of infections reported in the press. It is a fact that, in the western world, almost all of our seasonal virus infections peak in the winter months....
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The summer lull in virus news (and blogs) is an annual event[1]. Viruses transmit less in warm and dry conditions, being more active in the winter months when the cold and damp conditions coupled with...
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New year updates
Ebola – the magic of R0 The Ebola numbers in West Africa are in decline – hurrah. So much so in fact that the much anticipated trials of vaccine and drug interventions have had to be rescheduled or...
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Another year
Another year Influenza Seasonal times bring seasonal infections, or not as in the case of Influenza this year. As has been the case for the last three years influenza activity has been very low, in...
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