Saudi MOH Statement On Past Week’s Riyadh MERS Outbreak

  #10,469   Beneath the cryptic case line-listing that appears on the Saudi MOH’s daily MERS update is the promise that `More information on the exposure history will be posted on the weekly update’.     Given the parsimonious nature of these daily reports, additional information would indeed be welcome.   While the MOH does indeed post a...

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Jordan Reports 5th MERS Case In A Week

#10,468   After going 8 months without reporting any coronavirus cases, on Wednesday of last week we learned of a Jordanian MERS case – described as a man in his 60s –  who reportedly has since died. The following day another case - a 38 y.o. male – was announced.   While details are scant, both reportedly had recent travel out of the country. ...

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RESEP OREO GORENG PANCAKE ENAK DAN RENYAH

Resep Oreo Goreng pancake untuk menu cemilan yang enak dan renyah. Salah satu pilihan menu yang bisa dicoba di rumah dari kreasi oreo adalah digoreng dengan balutan tepung. Menu ini sangat enak disajikan sebagai cemilan atau juga menu sarapan hingga hidangan makanan ringan menyambut tamu. Adonan tepung yang membalutnya juga memiliki banyak variasi seperti halnya adonan roti...

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J. Virol: Novel Reassortant Human-like H3N2 & H3N1 Influenza A Viruses In Pigs

    #10,467   Swine are highly susceptible to a variety of flu viruses (human, swine, avian) - and are viewed as excellent `mixing vessels’, allowing viruses to reassort into new hybrid strains.  Swine Influenza Viruses (SIVs) are not a reportable or regulated animal disease in the United States, but the USDA does conduct limited voluntary surveillance...

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Saudi MOH: 3 New MERS Cases, 4 Deaths

#10,466   The Saudi MOH update today indicates two more MERS cases in Riyadh, one of whom is a healthcare worker, and both are listed as contacts of previously confirmed cases.    A third case, listed as a 67 y.o. male from Hail – located some 700 km north of Riyadh – is listed as a contact of a previous case.  A tad curious since this is the first...

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J.Virol.: Experimental Infectivity Of H3N8 In Swine

Credit ECDC – 125 years of  Pandemic  History   # 10,465   The H3N8 subtype of influenza A is of particular interest to influenza researchers for several reasons.  First, as the chart above illustrates, H3N8 is strongly suspected to have sparked human epidemics and a pandemic around the turn of the 20th century. Second, avian H3N8 remains endemic...

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Saudi MOH Announces 2 Additional MERS Cases

#10,663   The number of new MERS cases being reported out of Riyadh has dropped in recent days, which may be an indication that the affected hospitals are starting to get a handle on containing the outbreak.  Today Riyadh only reports 1 new case, while once again we see a sporadic case from Najran.   The Najran case had already expired by the time his was...

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