Sharing this interesting infographic from the GapMedics UK Blog:
Month: August 2017
#VisualAbstracts: Humans, Bats, Trees, Culture and Nipah Virus Transmission
A recent publication in the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal talks about the factors related to the emergence of zoonotic infections. They have studied Nipah virus infections in man. This is another effort to bring visual abstracts for infectious disease publications of interest to me. The abstract of the paper: Preventing emergence of new zoonotic … Continue reading #VisualAbstracts: Humans, Bats, Trees, Culture and Nipah Virus Transmission
Penile Transplantation: No, this is not Spam mail – this is real!
Anyone with an email account has received tips on how to augment their male anatomy. And while this might sound like content right out of such an email, it is, in fact, not so! A patient in South Africa received an allotransplanted penis, after he suffered tissue loss due to a botched traditional ritual circumcision … Continue reading Penile Transplantation: No, this is not Spam mail – this is real!
The Manhattan Principles
From the CDC Webpage on the twelve Manhattan Principles: These “Manhattan Principles” urge world leaders, civil society, the global health community, and institutions of science to holistically approach the prevention of epidemic/epizootic disease and the maintenance of ecosystem integrity by: Recognizing the link between human, domestic animal, and wildlife health, and the threat disease poses … Continue reading The Manhattan Principles
Visual Abstract: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in USA (2015-2016)
This week's NEJM has published the results from the Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network's estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccines in the United States of America in 2015-2016. The paper highlights some interesting details and I thought it would be a good chance to try out using the paper to jot down a visual … Continue reading Visual Abstract: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in USA (2015-2016)
Scepticemia 