Category Archives: Epidemiology
Already more than 3,000 patients died from cholera in Zimbabwe
This is the most deadly epidemic that has occurred in Africa in the last 14 years The outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe over the lives of 3028 people and has infected 57 702 as of yesterday, the update daily published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Figures released by [...]
Japanese researchers have developed a new vaccine against smallpox
A vaccine against smallpox in tissue culture seems promising third-generation, Japanese researchers report. “The threat of the use of smallpox virus as a weapon of bioterrorism has led to reconsider the need for a vaccine against smallpox,” the researchers said. “The serious events associated with first generation vaccines have raised barriers to vaccination campaigns in [...]
Apply Experimental Ebola Vaccine
In an accident worthy of a science fiction movie, a researcher accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus in a laboratory mouse. Hours after the incident, several members of the community of virologists, biologists and other experts interconnected in a transatlantic teleconference hastily discussed how to save the [...]