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Tag Archives: Ebola
Vaccines: From the cowshed to the clinic
Vaccines are an essential component of public health, keeping people safe against disease. But how do they work, how are they manufactured and what are the challenges involved? We spoke to Dr Sarah Gilbert from the Jenner Institute to find … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, History of Science, Virology
Tagged cowpox, Ebola, Edward, immune system, immunity, inoculation, Jenner, smallpox, trials, Vaccination, vaccines, variolation, Zika
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Can we model how viruses move between species?
Dr Ben Longdon from the University of Cambridge is presenting his work on emerging viruses at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference today (24 March). He may have found the key to predicting which viruses will emerge to cause severe illness … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Microbiology, Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Virology
Tagged chimpanzee, Ebola, host shift, human, MERS, primates, SARS, virus
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Microbe Talk: September 2015
In this month’s podcast: Ebola vaccines for chimpanzees and engineering the built environment to prevent the spread of infections. First up, Anand visited the labs of the Healthy Infrastructure Research Group at UCL. Dr Lena Ciric and her team told … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast
Tagged antimicrobial surfaces, apes, black mould, chimapnzees, Ebola, infrastructure, vaccine
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Microbe Talk: June 2015
We’ve been out and about this month, interviewing researchers in Glasgow, Manchester and Galway for the podcast. Up first, Ben travelled to Scotland to chat with Dr Adam Kucharski from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Adam is … Continue reading
Best of the blog 2014
It’s almost time for us to say goodbye to 2014 and wave a big hello to 2015. Before we do, it seems like the right moment to reflect on the amazing year we’ve had here on Microbe Post. I hope … Continue reading
Ebola in West Africa
Over the past few months, there has been an unprecedented outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus in West Africa. Jon Fuhrmann tells us about the outbreak and efforts to control the virus. Ebola virus disease (EVD) kills up to 90% … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Epidemiology, Virology
Tagged Ebola, Ebola virus, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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