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I possibly tweet too much, so follow with caution. Unserious. Editor-in-Chief of @LancetMicrobe. My opinions are my own, probably. Married to @Turneeps5
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Case definition and European surveillance for human infection with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
For surveillance at the European level, ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe request countries to report probable and confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV infections using the global case definition within 24 hours after identification.
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Case definition for EU surveillance of #COVID19, as of 25 February 2020
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New China coronavirus data buttress fears about high fatality rate
The WHO official's claim was quickly challenged by an expert who said it would be highly unusual for there not to be mild cases that are being missed.
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“As long as we do not have good serology data, I think that it is completely speculative to say that there are no undetected cases”> New data from China buttress fears about high coronavirus fatality rate, WHO expert says statnews.com/2020/02/25/new… via @statnews #COVID19
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Uganda's 'locust commander' leads the battle against a new enemy
The army has been called in to eliminate the insect swarms, but their mission is dangerous and unending
Potential association between COVID-19 mortality and health-care resource availability
The ongoing epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is devastating, despite
extensive implementation of control measures. The outbreak was sparked in Wuhan, the
capital city of Hubei province in China, and quickly spread to different regions...
In the race for a Covid-19 vaccine, don't ignore pregnant women
As vaccines are developed against Covid-19, ensuring that at least one of them can be offered to pregnant women is essential for health equity.
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"Development of coronavirus vaccines that pregnant women aren’t able to use would be not only a tragedy but a grave injustice" statnews.com/2020/02/25/cor… via @statnews #COVID19
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EU demands UK keeps chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal
Exclusive: clause in negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier will create hurdle to US-UK deal
Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples
An outbreak caused by a novel human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in Wuhan in December 2019,1 and has
since spread within China and to other countries. Real-time RT-PCR assays are...
Incidence of Tetanus and Diphtheria in Relation to Adult Vaccination Schedules
We compared incidence rates of tetanus and diphtheria among 31 North American and European countries that do or do not implement adult booster vaccination progr
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Incidence of Tetanus and Diphtheria in Relation to Adult Vaccination Schedules
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Government to shut schools in event of UK coronavirus outbreak
No 10 planning for ‘all eventualities’ if number of coronavirus cases surge in UK
Academics refused permanent UK visas because of field trips abroad
Ebola volunteering in Guinea and gender research in Bangladesh fall foul of hostile environment laws
Farmers pile pressure on UK government over chlorinated chicken
Calls for food standards to be enshrined in law to avoid post-Brexit ‘betrayal’ of consumers
IDDjobs — Explore the effect of interactions of groups at risk of being under-immunised to enhance the control of vaccine-preventable diseases — Lancaster University
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China—Summary of a China CDC Report
This Viewpoint summarizes key epidemiologic and clinical findings from all cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported through February 11, 2020, in mainland China, and case trends in response to government attempts to control and contain...
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Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Global Health | JAMA | JAMA Network
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WHO says it no longer uses 'pandemic' category, but virus still emergency
The World Health Organization no longer uses the term pandemic, but the COVID-19...
World Bank Mobilizes US$300 Million to Finance the Ebola Response in Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Bank Group today announced that it is mobilizing up to US$300 million to scale up support for the global response to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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@joshmich @angie_rasmussen @aetiology @alexandraphelan It took a bit of digging, but here it is
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How to Report on the COVID-19 Outbreak Responsibly
Remember, the virus doesn’t follow the news and doesn’t care about Twitter
Spontaneous clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis accounting for bacterial viability in vaginally or rectally infected women (FemCure)
Objectives Spontaneous clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections can occur between diagnosis and treatment. We followed CT patients to assess clearance using a conventional definition (no total CT-DNA, assessed by routine quantitative PCR...
The university ‘free speech crisis’ has been a rightwing myth for 50 years | Evan Smith
Today’s Tories are battling the same confected ‘censorship’ as Enoch Powell in the late 1960s, says academic Evan Smith