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Some see a mild illness, or no obvious illness at all, after infection by Ebola virus as almost heretical. But new evidence adds to that which already exists – it Read More …
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MERS-CoV infection without disease: When the coalmine has no canary
Infection by viruses including the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) does not always result in obvious sickness. MERS-CoV infection without disease may simply reflect that a healthy human’s immune Read More …
Yes, there were signs that Ebola was in west Africa, perhaps as far back as 1973
If a bat carries the Ebola virus or something related in the forest, people find signs of infection in humans, publish it and read about it, but no-one remembers, does Read More …
MERS-CoV detection but not disease…
Infection but not sickness Asymptomatic infections are those where we can detect the virus using reliable laboratory methods, but the infected person doesn’t show any signs or symptoms of a Read More …
Another canary in the same coalmine – mild MERS may be bad news…
Sometimes, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is detected in a person who is not ill. Weird huh? Not really. This is the result of laboratory testing of contacts Read More …