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Posts tagged epidemiology

Mobile Phone-Based Light Microscopy and Image Analysis

A group of researchers at UC Berkeley has developed a portable, mobile phone-based light microscopy system (PLoS) for rapid computer-assisted analysis of clinical specimens in parts of the world where quality lab equipment or trained personnel are not available.

Swine Flu Map

The World Health Organization has raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to phase 4 phase 5 for swine influenza, meaning that sustained person-to-person spread has been confirmed. Here is a map to follow suspected and confirmed cases of infection with the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.