On 14 June 2020 WHO and all countries will celebrate World Blood Donor Day The need for safe blood is universal. Safe blood is critical both for treatments and urgent interventions. It can help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with a higher quality of life and supports complex medical and surgical procedures. … Continue reading
Time for nature The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. For instance, each year, marine plants produce more than a half of our atmosphere’s oxygen, and a mature tree cleans our air, absorbing 22 kilos of carbon dioxide, … Continue reading
Researchers from China have used cryo-electron microscopy to show how the virus responsible for Covid-19 attacks humans… Continue reading
Abstract The recent emergence of bat-borne zoonotic viruses warrants vigilant surveillance in their natural hosts. Of particular concern is the family of coronaviruses, which includes the causative agents of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and most recently, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), an epidemic of acute respiratory illness originating from Wuhan, … Continue reading
Thanks to the brilliant team at Helix Animation for this 3D animation outlining the most common ways of transmitting the coronavirus SARS=CoV-2 based on the latest relevant scientific research available (March 2020). Please note that the knowledge of this infectious disease and its transmission, as well as on this novel coronavirus, is still incomplete and … Continue reading
In an article published in EID Journal in 2019 (Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number(R0)) has mentioned about the reproduction number which is an epidemiologic metric usedto describe the contagiousness or transmissibility of infectious agents ability to spread.Nowadays we are currently fighting with Covid 19 and we want to share these article belowwith you,… Continue reading
We are sorry that we can’t meet with you at ECCMID 2020 due to Covid Outbreak. We hopeto see you in ECCMID 2021, Vienna… Continue reading
To understand the effectiveness of respiratory panel testing please find below the link ofrelated article.Rapid respiratory panel testing: Impact of active antimicrobial stewardship To the Editor: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests are approximately 94% as accurate as viral cultures.1 The rapid direct respiratory panel (DRP) is a PCR-based diagnostic test that can identify pathogens within … Continue reading
Projection of the Iranian flag was placed on the Heydar Aliyev Center’s building in Baku, Azerbaijan.In a sign of Azerbaijan’s solidarity with the international community in the fight against the spread ofCOVID-19, the flag of one of the states affected by the virus will be displayed daily at the HeydarAliyev Center, which is a world-wide … Continue reading
