Ebola seems to be in the news a lot lately. A Russian scientist just died from a needle prick in a lab, and a new strain of Ebola seems to be responsible for the illnesses seen in Sudan. I also noticed that an America post-doc grazed her finger and survived an attenuated strain, although she had to spend time in the Slammer.

I found the analog to the CDC worldwide, PROMED, the program for monitoring emerging infectious diseases and toxins.

Right now I'm studying clinical microbiology and immunology. It includes growth dependent clinical identification methods, immunology and diagnostics, and molecular and visual methods. I finally learned how the blood type classification of A,B, AB, and O and Rh factor work molecularly as antigens expressed on red blood cells.
- posted by Aargau @ 10:30 PM