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Comment on Next FACTM exam by micrognome

micrognome — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:38:54 +0000

Thanks for the enquiry. Contact the ACTM Secretariat for details of enrolment. Their address can be found on the ACTM website, linked via the MicroGnome site.

Comment on Next FACTM exam by Htin

Htin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:09:44 +0000

How to enrol FACTM?

Comment on Bom dia by Ameritous Professor Broughton-Dilirium

Ameritous Professor Broughton-Dilirium — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:18:59 +0000

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Comment on More than it can chew by Melioidosis a disease of surprises

Melioidosis a disease of surprises — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:21:27 +0000

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Comment on Kinetic effects by John

John — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:38:01 +0000

Wow Tim aren’t you a bit old for hot wiring cars LOL

Comment on Germ by CM Doran

CM Doran — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:38:49 +0000

I love the grammar theme! It’s a very creative way to teach micro/infectious disease…I’m going to remember this, and your blog is going on my ID blogroll. Thanks for writing.

Comment on Encephalitis outbreak by Chris Nickson

Chris Nickson — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:26:29 +0000

Sounds nasty. I stayed a night in Gorakhpur when back-packing many years ago – the last stop in India before Nepal.

Hope the disease can be brought under control soon.

Comment on Jobs well done by Tom

Tom — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:29:49 +0000

Thx Steve and the team at Apple…and now over to us.

Comment on Diagnostic Machinations by Riti Chetty

Riti Chetty — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:40:12 +0000

As a Gen-Y-er myself, I agree – it is more fun to hunt snarks than participate in endless PBLs on clinical reasoning. I have a feeling that both would be required to maximise our development of good clinical reasoning though.

Comment on Diagnostic Machinations by Goetz Kluge

Goetz Kluge — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:44:29 +0000

There is more complexity (and more fun) in the Snark than you think.

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Comment on STEC by Fruitaryan payback with the UCEM

Fruitaryan payback with the UCEM — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:26:31 +0000

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Comment on New STEC in Europe by Fruitaryan payback with the UCEM

Fruitaryan payback with the UCEM — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:36:13 +0000

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Comment on European Microbiology Congress by Angelo Trush

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Comment on Shark culture by crocodile bites

crocodile bites — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:33:01 +0000

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Comment on New STEC in Europe by STEC

STEC — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:28:10 +0000

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Comment on What on earth is a gnome? by New STEC in Europe

New STEC in Europe — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:53:53 +0000

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Comment on arbovirus onslaught by micrognome

micrognome — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:32:58 +0000

Thanks for the informative comment and some interesting ideas. It would be useful to know how much viral persistence there is during the long dry season in the Top End. What impact is the increased area under irrigation (Ord phase II) going to have if you’re right?

Comment on arbovirus onslaught by Cate

Cate — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:23:18 +0000

I note your article on MVE. It’s not so much that MVE has “relocated” from the Murray Valley to the Kimberlies, it’s that there are two separate foci of the virus in each area. (MVE used to be found in the Weipa region of QLD too, but this seemed to have shifted west with the construction of the Ord river irrigation scheme.) Subtyping of the virus shows a number of distinct strains. During above average flood years, such as 2011 and 1974, you’ll actually find ORD (ord river) strains of MVE in the Victorian basin. I personally believe this is due to the whole of the inland waterway system being flooded and somehow facilitating the passage of infected water birds, mosquitoes or mammalian hosts between enzootic and endemic areas. Then, when humans intrude into these areas, an epidemic occurs due to higher levels of circulating virus at these times.

Comment on Tropical Medicine Masterclass by Teddy

Teddy — Mon, 30 May 2011 07:05:19 +0000

Ha, was trying to figure out how Haycocknema looks like and found this! Amazing!