infectious diseases

Had a strange flashback this morning. Back in the dark ages of last century when you got your immunity from infectious diseases by actually catching and surviving the disease. My younger brother caught the Mumps, a pretty common occurrence in the 50's and 60's. Not once, not twice, but three...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.wral.com/for-the-first-time-a-female-ebola-survivor-infects-others/17716292/ For the First Time, a Female Ebola Survivor Infects Others Posted 6:48 p.m. yesterday By Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times For the first...

Original Article is from the Journal "Nature" and is available as an abstract for free :eleph: Wonderful Nose, Nares, Info To Follow: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7613/full/nature18634.html Nature Article...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/alzheimers-disease-may-be-infectious-study-suggests-10493032.html Alzheimer's disease may be infectious, study claims Disturbing possibility raises questions about...

Diagnostic tests balance sensitivity and specificity. This is done to balance false negatives and false positives. If you could design a testing protocol for Ebola, and you could use multiple tests, what would you do? I would run a first test that is as fast as possible and is really good at...

MEDICAL DISPATCH: SUPERBUGS by Jerome Groopman AUGUST 11, 2008 In August, 2000, Dr. Roger Wetherbee, an infectious-disease expert at New York University’s Tisch Hospital, received a disturbing call from the hospital’s microbiology laboratory. At the time, Wetherbee was in charge of...