Microbes, infectious diseases and the causal relationship that links them
Blastocystis hominis
Here, as promised, is the complete set of teaching units on enteric infection.
Other useful sources of information including up to date epidemiology, parasite images and life cycles include:
See also MicroGnome posts on winter diarrhœa , enteric fever and traveller’s diarrhoea.
What’s so special about the number 100?
Could it be something to do with the sense of achievement when you score 100%, reach your hundredth birthday or score that century in a game the MicroGnome never could fathom? The common theme apart from the raw number, or its mathematic significance as the first three-figure number, is a sense of achievement.
So with this in mind, the MicroGnome notes with a warm glow that this site has just passed its 100th posting the very same week as Tropical Medicine celebrates its centenary. What better way to mark the milestone that to assemble all the posts we’ve made connected with the Centenary event in one place:
The Micrognome is only rarely lost for words, but the Centenary of Tropical Medicine meeting was obviously an exception.
The first symptoms were, ironically, a loss of marksmanship. So the MicroGnome’s spirits sank as he flew about as far as you can go in Australia to get there for the Tropical Medicine Masterclass. Just in time, not only for the start of the class (public apology to all participants for not having time to properly meet and greet the stellar cast) but also in the nick of time to belt out the first talk before his voice disappeared down the plug hole. Its temporary replacement was an odd squeak in place of every two out of three words.
By the next day the MicroGnome was utterly incapable of audible utterance. His principle means of imparting Gnomic wisdom had faded to a pale whisper, resembling the Godfather on dark chocolate. So he was forced to shut up and listen – best thing he’s done in a long time. He was treated to a parade of expertise from leading authorities on snake bite, travel associated infections, arboviruses, Q fever and emerging nutritional diseases.
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