Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Infectious diseases in today's news

There are a scattering of media reports today that detail highly concerning cases of serious infectious diseases:
4 persons have developed measles in Rockville, MD, a child in Idaho has died of pertussis, a Minnesota man has died of polio (vaccine strain), and a Chinese woman is suspected of dying of SARS on a train in Russia.

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