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- March 26, 2010
- 05:49 PM
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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
- 889 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
- 565 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
- 278 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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