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A blog starting on Feb/2010 dedicated to provide press releases of particular scientific subjects, commentary of important news, sharing personal photography and learning along with posts from readers. The name came from interest in Virology, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology along with the swarm theory: A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. As individuals, we might not be able to hold onto or understand information, but as a swarm, we can come at the information from different perspectives, look at very small parts, and then as an end result, extract worthwhile meaning.
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- March 26, 2010
- 05:49 PM
- 1,038 views
Avoiding common errors in epidemiology
All sciences make mistakes, and epidemiology is no exception. Raj Bhopal has chosen 7 illustrative mistakes and derived 7 solutions to avoid them. The mistakes (Roman numerals denoting solutions) are:
1. Failing to provide the context and definitions of study populations. (I State the location and timing of fieldwork and describe the study population in detail, especially age, sex, socio-economic... Read more »
Bhopal, R. (2009) Seven mistakes and potential solutions in epidemiology, including a call for a World Council of Epidemiology and Causality. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 6(1), 6. DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-6-6
- March 22, 2010
- 04:29 PM
- 884 views
Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
In memoriam of Sir John Crofton (1912–2009), The greatest disaster that can happen to a patient with tuberculosis is that his organisms become resistant to two or more of the standard drugs... The development of drug resistance may be a tragedy not only for the patient himself but for others. For he can infect other people with his drug-resistant organisms...
The World Health Organization (WHO)... Read more »
World Health Organization. (2010) Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB): 2010 Global report on surveillance and response. WHO. info:other/978 92 4 159919 1
Gillespie, S. (2002) Evolution of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Clinical and Molecular Perspective. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 46(2), 267-274. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.267-274.2002
- March 6, 2010
- 04:34 PM
- 559 views
Preparedness: Bioterrorism
Last post I briefly typed about Ebola virus as a potential bioweapon. With the ongoing advances in genetics research and technologies, biological weapons does not looks anymore as a promising movie plot (The zombie nation!) or the higher level weapon in a video game. Even so, manufacturing an effective weapon using germs (viruses, bacteria, fungi or other) would require advanced knowledge and ... Read more »
Goffman, T. (2010) Bioterrorism: what might be walking into the ED?☆. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.03.024
- March 11, 2010
- 04:49 PM
- 277 views
Moving (carefully!) beyond molecular typing
When they take a look at teaching science and how kids learn, they will be much better prepared and much more focused.
While doing my PhD, I am a teacher assistant for undergrads students. When mining recent paper to help them along with their phylogenetic studies, I found one focused for veterinary students. When reading at the title (Applying phylogenetics analysis to viral livestock diseases: ... Read more »
Olvera, A., & et al. (2010) Applying phylogenetic analysis to viral livestock diseases: Moving beyond molecular typing. The Veterinary Journal, 184(2), 130-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.02.015
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