“Ebola & Viral Hemorrhagic Fever” with Dr Matthias Borchert has been post-poned until March/April due to issues with telematic linking and the speaker being urgently needed to help meet an EU research proposal deadline. Sorry about that guys!
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Next talk: “Ebola & Viral Hemorrhagic Fever” – Dr Matthias Borchert POSTPONED
Published January 5, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a CommentOur next talk will be “Ebola & Viral Hemorrhagic Fever” by Dr Matthias Borchert of the London School of Hygiene & tropical Medicine at 5:30pm on the 14th of January (venues coming soon). This event will, of course, be absolutely free so anyone is welcome to come along.
Ebola is one of the most notorious infectious diseases in the world. With a mortality rate as high as 50-89% and symptoms such as internal and external bleeding, vomiting blood, abdominal pain and exhaustion, Ebola HF and other viral hemorrhagic fevers are among the most horrifying and lethal infections known to man. Confirmed cases of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever have occured in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sudan, the Ivory Coast, Uganda, and the Republic of the Congo and being resistant to most antivirals the spread of the disease is very difficult to contain.
Dr Matthias Borchert of the LSH&TM will talk us through the pathology and treatment of Ebola and other VHFs.
Our next talk will be “Ebola & Viral Hemorrhagic Fever” by Dr Matthias Borchert of the London School of Hygiene & tropical Medicine at 5:30pm on the 14th of January (venues coming soon). This event will, of course, be absolutely free so anyone is welcome to come along.
Ebola is one of the most notorious infectious diseases in the world. With a mortality rate as high as 50-89% and symptoms such as internal and external bleeding, vomiting blood, abdominal pain and exhaustion, Ebola HF and other viral hemorrhagic fevers are among the most horrifying and lethal infections known to man. Confirmed cases of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever have occured in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sudan, the Ivory Coast, Uganda, and the Republic of the Congo and being resistant to most antivirals the spread of the disease is very difficult to contain.
Dr Matthias Borchert of the LSH&TM will talk us through the pathology and treatment of Ebola and other VHFs.
