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Around the traps
Published on 2012-04-15 05:21:49
Lab Without Walls digs the red dirt collecting mosquito traps and testing for arboviruses in the Kimberley > read more
Hard bitten
Published on 2012-03-18 06:09:01
Ross River virus infection makes its presence felt in mosquito-bitten population of southwestern Australia > read more
Debt of Honour
Published on 2012-02-19 02:13:40
Debt of Honour, a feature exhibition at the Museum of Western Australia on the 2nd World War commando operation by 2nd/2nd Independent Company in East Timor > read more
When the wind blows – tropical cyclones
Published on 2012-01-28 19:36:50
Will TC Iggy bring more cases of melioidosis to WA this year? This post looks at the link between cyclones and severe melioidosis. > read more
Micrognome off grid
Published on 2012-01-25 07:24:14
The Micrognome's 2012 summer migration: off grid on the same continent. > read more
Shark politics
Published on 2012-01-08 04:09:12
Shark politics: should we abandon use of the term "shark attack". Follow sightings, near-misses and attacks on un updated map. > read more
What’s cooking?
Published on 2012-01-08 03:35:00
What's cooking? The strong parallels between molecular biology labs and domestic kitchens provide food for thought, and ideas for organising a new lab. > read more
Coffee alert
Published on 2012-01-01 22:36:43
Coffee alert: diseases affecting the coffee crop are already affecting global coffee production, but what about the people who work on the coffee harvest? They are at risk of exposure to tropical infections including a collection of neglected tropical diseases > read more
2011 MicroGnome Review
Published on 2011-12-31 04:22:36
2011 MicroGnome Review: the handful of defining observations, investigations and studies that cheered the MicroGnome's heart during 2011 > read more
Trouble in paradise
Published on 2011-12-26 00:27:58
Trouble in paradise: latest infection risk of holiday travel to Bali is HIV/AIDS from tattoos > read more
Kinetic effects
Published on 2011-12-11 01:21:26
Kinetic effects: the infection complications of vehicle trauma, their prevention and a note on those who persist in taking unreasonable risks. > read more
The bacterial full stop
Published on 2011-11-13 07:57:52
The bacterial full stop, viral question mark and parasitic comma should all give you reason to pause for breath, if not reflection. Read how the language of infection is punctuated here. > read more
Cultural diversity
Published on 2011-11-06 07:08:57
Cultural diversity: the recent Perth CHOGM was a great excuse for a celebration of culture, highlighting WA biodiversity to the rest of the world > read more
Persistent cough
Published on 2011-06-19 09:42:15
practical guidelines for management of persistent cough > read more
Crocodile bites
Published on 2011-06-11 01:32:51
Crocodile bites do more than maim or kill. Smaller bites can also cause nasty infections. > read more
STEC
Published on 2011-06-06 04:28:02
5 point summary of highlights on shiga toxin E.coli (STEC) > read more
Melioidosis aftermath
Published on 2011-06-06 01:19:26
The events that followed the WA melioidosis outbreak of 1997 reviewed by the team that kept an eye on the issue ever since > read more
New STEC in Europe
Published on 2011-06-05 04:46:29
New STEC in Europe: news of an emerging food-borne threat from antibiotic resistant verotoxin-bearing E.coli (STEC) O104:H4 > read more
European Microbiology Congress
Published on 2011-05-29 04:52:52
MicroGnomes' report on the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and INfectious Diseases, May 2011. > read more
Pseudomonas folliculitis
Published on 2011-05-28 05:11:30
Pseudomonas folliculitis occurs after exposure to contaminated spas and whirlpool baths that favour this versatile environmental bacterial > read more
Dental bacterial infection
Published on 2011-05-28 04:46:55
Dental bacterial infection lecture notes for those who didn't get there on the day. > read more
Slow food safety
Published on 2011-05-04 11:30:06
should Slow Food be seen as a public health measure? > read more
Wedding fever
Published on 2011-04-28 22:42:36
A cautionary tale of how a wedding breakfast can turn sour when it leaves the guests with an unwanted infectious souvenir; wedding fever. > read more
Enterovirus encounters
Published on 2011-04-26 07:15:39
Enterovirus 71 has become the dominant neurovirulent virus. Other enterovirus encounters include hand, foot & mouth disease. > read more
arbovirus onslaught
Published on 2011-04-22 07:02:53
Murray Virus Encephalitis virus has been a late starter during the 2011 wet season. There have been some serious infections in this arbovirus onslaught. > read more
flu vaccine revisited
Published on 2011-04-22 02:18:30
flu vaccine campaign one year after febrile convulsions in WA children caused suspension of 2010 vaccine programme > read more
Emerging Gram negative infections
Published on 2011-04-17 06:09:37
recent news on emerging Gram negative infections > read more
Fever in international travellers
Published on 2011-03-02 04:50:38
5 key points on fever in international travellers > read more
Fever in international travellers
Published on 2011-03-02 04:50:38
5 key points on fever in international travellers > read more
Enteric fever
Published on 2011-03-02 03:56:31
5 key points on enteric fever > read more
Explorers reviewed
Published on 2011-02-28 06:46:08
book review on Explorers; the Royal Geographical Society's introduction to the adventurers who first opened the door on remote places, with links to the RGS, Palin and Fiennes home pages > read more
Leishmaniasis
Published on 2011-02-27 06:07:27
Leishmaniasis: 5 point summary of highlights, further details in leishmaniasis module of Tropical Medicine teaching series parasitic infection transmitted by the bite of a sandfly distinct skin, mucocutaneous & visceral forms of infection are > read more
Dengue
Published on 2011-02-27 05:57:18
5 facts on dengue: a key point summary of Tropical Medicine short course teaching on dengue virus infection > read more
malaria
Published on 2011-02-27 02:28:36
5 facts on malaria; a key point summary of highlights from tropical medicine self-directed learning for FACTM pt 1 > read more
Charcot-Leyden crystals
Published on 2011-02-26 01:39:51
The clinical significance of Charcot-Leyden crystals revealed: stools, sputa, nasal secretions or tissues? No matter - MicroGnome has trawled the Web for you. > read more
Tropical Medicine Short Course
Published on 2011-02-19 19:34:31
Trop Med revision in a day? Who said it can’t be done. Here are some on-line resources to assist you: Expedition medicine Malaria Fever in an international traveller Arbovirus infections Diarrhoeal disease Enteric fever Neglected bacterial dise > read more
Leishmania lovelies
Published on 2011-02-10 07:55:41
video shot of leishmania promastigotes > read more
Numero – number
Published on 2011-01-12 07:50:52
Infection is a numbers game, so it is suprising that clinical microbiology is a mainly qualitative science. Here are some thoughts on the problem of zero, the myth of one and how to get your ducks in a row. > read more
Best of the rest
Published on 2011-01-04 07:16:38
our selection of blogs on microbiology & infection > read more
Storms will come & the waters rise
Published on 2010-12-29 18:47:31
Will flooding in Towoomba & Brisbane bring melioidosis? Updated with rainfall & flood maps (data courtesy BoM). > read more
Rabies News
Published on 2010-12-29 06:39:53
Update on the emerging rabies risk in nearby SE Asia > read more
6th World Melioidosis Congress
Published on 2010-12-27 08:11:15
Selected highlights of the 6th World Melioidosis Congress, Townsville, Queensland, December, 2010 > read more
Seasonal infections
Published on 2010-12-24 04:17:16
LETICE, RELATED, influenza and melioidosis have only one thing in common. > read more
Beyond these walls
Published on 2010-12-21 01:24:05
Introducing the Lab Without Walls > read more
Extreme infection control measures
Published on 2010-12-19 06:00:54
Mopping up operations: room cleaning with military discipline > read more
The kindness of strangers
Published on 2010-12-19 04:55:11
The MicroGnome's brush with infection and how he got back to rude good health. > read more
Unpacking the Lab Without Walls
Published on 2010-12-16 07:51:52
Introduction to the Lab Without Walls > read more