Archives for April 2010

All shot up: the flu vaccine controversy

April 29, 2010 by micrognome 2 Comments

current controversy over influenza vaccination reactions

Filed Under: μGnews, μGnotes Tagged With: cause and effect, infleunza vaccine, influenza, Koch's postulates, priobe method, vaccine reaction

Medical Entomology for Students reviewed

April 28, 2010 by micrognome 1 Comment

Medical Entomology textbook for FACTM pt 1 candidates

Filed Under: FACTM, Review, μGnotes Tagged With: ACTM, bugs, FACTM exam, fleas, flies, medical entomology, mosquitoes, ticks

Melioidosis treatment

April 28, 2010 by micrognome Leave a Comment

An update on how to treat melioidosis has just been posted by one of the open-source, on-line journals. This article provides a handy summary of current treatment options in a Table, dividing treatment into three phases of infection: 0, 1 and 2.

Filed Under: μGnews, μGnotes Tagged With: Burkholderia pseudomallei, eradication therapy, meliodosis, post-exposure prophylaxis, septicaemia

World Malaria Day 2010

April 25, 2010 by micrognome Leave a Comment

World Malaria Day 2010; another reason to remember 25th April

Filed Under: μGnews Tagged With: Anopheles, malaria, Plasmodium, tropical medicine, World Malaria Day 2010

Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine

April 25, 2010 by micrognome Leave a Comment

Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine, review

Filed Under: FACTM, Review, μGnotes Tagged With: core textbook, FACTM pt 1, malaria, multisystem diseases, tropical medicine

Ring cycle expounded

Lovers of opera may remember notes that appeared on this blog previously. We got about as far as it being all over when a gravitationally … [More...]

Around the traps

MASH fans will be familiar with Trapper and Hawkeye. Their present-day counterparts have been busy fighting arbovirus vectors in the … [More...]

The MicroGnome's been busy lately. While engaged in environmental health assessment field work at a location 'somewhere to the south of … [More...]

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