Reflections on a PLOS ONE paper by researchers from Medecins Sans Frontieres, who crowdsourced data using open source tools during the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa to get more accurate and up-to-date disease maps.
Tag: Ebola virus disease
Turning to the “Infected Jelly” to Treat Ebola
The NEJM has come out with a very interesting paper: Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea. The explosive outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa last year had hijacked the headlines and media space in a big way. Multiple solutions were touted, including the vaccine trial STRIVE. Few articles, however, looked … Continue reading Turning to the “Infected Jelly” to Treat Ebola
New York Times: Treating Ebola? Chuck the Stethoscope!
In an interesting news piece, the New York Times has brought up an issue that is quite startling in its simple complexity. The stethoscope, otherwise so natural an extension of a physician, that it has almost ceased to be an independent, separate instrument, is almost non-existent in the wards where ebola patients are being treated … Continue reading New York Times: Treating Ebola? Chuck the Stethoscope!
Anthony Fauci: Ebola Virus Not Showing Accelerated Evolution
One of my modern day medical idols is Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the lead editors of the two-volume Bible of Internal Medicine, "Harrison's Internal Medicine", and also the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In an NIH News piece he has commented:“The Ebola virus in the ongoing West African outbreak … Continue reading Anthony Fauci: Ebola Virus Not Showing Accelerated Evolution
Ebola in West Africa: WHO Weekly Update
For the week ending 16th April, 2015:Source Link
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