A research paper published in BMC infectious diseases on 11th March reviewed this issue. It is essential to understand the epidemiological parameters that determine the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 for public health intervention. Globally, a number of...
A new genetic analysis appears to suggest that a survivor of the 2014 to 2016 West African Ebola outbreak has continued to harbour the virus some five years after being infected and eventually now has transmitted it to someone. The previous known longest Ebola...
An interesting, manuscript accepted in the Journal of Infectious Diseases Oxford Academic by Lewnard and others published 9th March 2021 investigated the association. They investigated Kaiser Permanente Healthcare members who were aged 65 or over as of 1st March 2020...
This is neatly defined by Corum and Zimmer in the New York Times. Each coronavirus contains nearly 30,000 letters of RNA. This genetic information allows the virus to infect cells and hijack them to make new viruses. As an infected cell builds new...
A study published in the Clinical Medicine Journal of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom by Robinson and others in March 2021 compared the use of the Roche and Abbott assay for antibodies amongst a large cohort of healthcare workers in Southern...
Half of cervical cancer deaths in England now occur in women aged over 65. Most women in the NHS cervical screening programme aged over 65 have never had a test for human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV testing of cervical samples has now replaced cytology for primary...
