Tagged: transmission

Coronavirus update: drug trials and asymptomatic spread - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Feb 02, 2020 •

• China,
• coronavirus,
• Germany,
• Gilead,
• grant jacobs,
• Helen Branswell,
• Imperial,
• Imperial College London,
• Johns Hopkins,
• Joseph Wu,
• Lancet,
• Micrbescope,
• Neil Ferguson,
• New England Journal of Medicine,
• R0,
• remdesivir,
• STAT,
• Timothy Sheahan,
• transmission,
• WHO,
• Wuhan

Now officially a Public Health Emergency of International Concern here’s my second round-up of some of the week’s coronavirus-related news. Gilead announces they are working with Chinese to test their antiviral drug remdesivir On the 31st January, pharmaceutical company Gilead announced they are working with health authorities in China to establish a randomized, controlled trial to see if … Read More

The coronavirus outbreak in China: what a difference a week makes - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Jan 27, 2020 •

• Ashley Bloomfield,
• Caroline McElnay,
• Chaolin Huang,
• China,
• coronavirus,
• Director of Public Health,
• Director-General of Health,
• Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan,
• Kristian Andersen,
• Lancet,
• New England Journal of Medicine,
• Pneumonia,
• snakeflu,
• transmission,
• virus,
• Wuhan

When it comes to emerging infectious diseases and outbreaks, so much can happen in a week. In the case of the coronavirus outbreak in China, I’ve gone from not being too alarmed, to thinking “oh, crap!”. But that still doesn’t mean we should all panic. As I’m writing this on Monday the 27th of January, New Zealand’s Director-General of Health … Read More

Zika: a potential new mozzie vector? - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Mar 04, 2016 •

• Aedes,
• Brazil,
• Culex,
• Culex quinquefasciatus,
• Dr José Derraik,
• Mosquito,
• New Zealand,
• transmission,
• virus,
• zika

Brazilian scientists announce Zika could be spread by a different species of mosquito, one more common in Brazil and present in countries like New Zealand. According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Zika virus is currently known to be transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes, namely A. aegypti and A. albopictus. Media … Read More