Posted in VIROLOGY on February 27, 2009| 6 Comments »
This week’s post is about Hepatitis C Virus;
Today’s post is prepared by a friend of mine – Mahmoud Fawzy – a student at the German University in Egypt (Pharmacy) … He and some of his colleagues acting as a team in a competition for planning for and conducting an awareness campaign in Egypt about HCV … for More info you can visit his blog (http://hcacamp.wordpress.com)
Posted in VIROLOGY on February 19, 2009| 2 Comments »
Peace be Upon You All … and welcome to the new post of ViroMag – The Weekly Virology Magazine
This week’s post is about West Nile Virus;
Yesterday I had a talk with a colleague in the Entomology Department about Tropical Medicine, and we talked about Leishmania (which is not a virus), also about Dengue virus (causing Dengue fever and Dengue hemorrhagic fever), but I chose for this week’s post WEST NILE VIRUS … I don’t know why exactly I chose WNV but It just came to my mind … both viruses (Dengue and West Nile Virus) are transmitted by Insects;
Posted in VIROLOGY on February 13, 2009| 2 Comments »
This week’s post is about EBOLA; What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
The reason I chose Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever for this week’s post is that I know it has a fearful sound for many people … So in this post I decided to Introduce Ebola – for the public in a simple, informative, and illustrated way …
Posted in VIROLOGY on February 12, 2009| 1 Comment »
9 February 2009 — The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case is a one and a half year old male from the Maghagha District of Menia Governorate. His symptoms began on 6 February and he was hospitalized at the Maghagha Fever Hospital on 7 February where he remains in a stable condition. Infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory.
Investigations into the source of his infection indicate a history of close contact with dead poultry prior to becoming ill.
Of the 55 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.
Posted in VIROLOGY on February 6, 2009| 3 Comments »
Peace be upon you all, and welcome to the new post of ViroMag
In this post I wll try to give some basic knowledge about Avian Influenza and to allude to some of the worries concerning a future pandemic … Being a BIG issue to talk about in a single post, I will do as much as I can, and after reading the article if you would require any more info about certain issues concerning Influenza Virus or other flu stuff; I would be happy if you leave a comment and I’d see how I can help
Now … WHAT IS INFLUENZA ?
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