News tagged with incubation period
Hundreds of hospital patients line up for tests after possible infection
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Some of the 1,851 patients who had tests administered by a Broward General Medical Center nurse alleged to have knowingly violated infection control protocols will know within two weeks if they have contracted hepatitis or ...
Parasite bacteria may help fight spread of mosquito-borne diseases
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Infecting mosquitoes with a bacterial parasite could help prevent the spread of lymphatic filariasis, one of the major neglected tropical diseases of the developing world, according to research published today ...
Researchers examine possible implications of daily commute and mosquito-borne diseases
Sep 18, 2009 |
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University of Hawaii at Manoa assistant researcher Durrell Kapan recently published a paper, 'Man Bites Mosquito: Understanding the Contribution of Human Movement to Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics,' in PLoS One. Published August ...
Daily temperature shifts may alter malaria patterns
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Daytime temperature fluctuations greatly alter the incubation period of malaria parasites in mosquitoes and alter transmission rates of the disease. Consideration of these fluctuations reveals a more accurate picture of climate ...
Experimental vaccine used in Ebola exposure case
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It was a nightmare scenario: A scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice. Within hours, members of a tightly bound, yet far-flung ...
