MD, FACP, FIDSA. USPHS (ret).
Infectious disease doc.
Professor of Medicine.
Retweets not endorsement, opinions own.
Matthew Kuehnert
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Timely session at #asmicrobe on hantavirus detection and response, focusing on laboratory support
#netec has been busy helping healthcare facilities be prepared, not only for hantavirus but also ebolavirus and other high consequence pathogens
#idsky
Avian flu hits 4 US poultry farms and a polar bear on Norway island.
This is the first detection of avian flu in polar bears in Europe.
Read more: ow.ly/YWYs50Z2VEe
š·: Anita Ritenour/Flickr CC
Come visit CDC's NCEZID booth and learn all about emerging infectious diseases and response!
There *might* be some EID calendars available
Booth #1121, behind the #asm health hub #asmicrobe
Emerging Infectious Diseases has published articles on #hantavirus, including #Andes virus. This new spotlight highlights previously published articles in this category.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/spotligh...
Matthew Kuehnert
Find articles about Hantavirus from the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal at CDC.
#Ebola: New outbreak in NE DRC, in Ituri province, where the large 2018-2020 outbreak took place. Security issues there make responses challenging.
DRC has announced this one is caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola. Only 2 previous Bundibugyo outbreaks (2007, 2012). No licensed vaccine for it.
