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Home. It’s where the viruses spread.

Posted onMarch 10, 2019March 11, 2019

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 …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsAntibodies, asymptomatic, Guinea, Mayinga, mild illness, West Africa, Zaire ebolavirus

MERS-CoV infection without disease: When the coalmine has no canary

Posted onJanuary 2, 2019January 11, 2019

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 …

CategoriesMERS-CoVTagsasymptomatic, MERS, MERS-CoV, Review, transmission

Yes, there were signs that Ebola was in west Africa, perhaps as far back as 1973

Posted onJuly 31, 2018July 31, 2018

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 …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsasymptomatic, Ebola virus, forest, mild disease

MERS-CoV detection but not disease…

Posted onSeptember 18, 2017January 2, 2019

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 …

CategoriesMERS-CoVTagsantibody, asymptomatic, MERS, MERS-CoV, serology, transmission

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