Settling into a recent Vietnamese breakfast ritual of mine, which I’m swiftly becoming accustomed to, of ‘Pho’ and ‘Bahn My’ accompanied by the beast of an engine starter that is “cà phê sữa đá”, I open up my e-mails to some worrying news. A colleague at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit – Jackie – had sent me a link
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Can a virus make your brain bigger? Well yes – quite literally so when we’re talking about Viral Encephalitis. A couple of case studies I’ve encountered on my journeys pushed me to find out more about this intriguing medical scenario. Viral encephalitis is a very worrying (clinically speaking) disease manifestation whereby your brain and central nervous system tissues swell up.
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Maybe. Just maybe. My colleague here at OUCRU has some preliminary results indicating that a hantavirus, most commonly found in rodents and able to cause haemorrhagic diseases (brutal!), is present within the Viet Nam Bat population. We’ll need clarification. But bloody hell – this is exciting. A hantavirus in a Bat is a RARE find. Nice work Meredith. More on
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I’m two weeks into life in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. The food, as previously assured by friends who have visited in earlier times, is scrumptious. The heat – just what the Doctor ordered. The air leaves a lot wanting here, if I am honest, but its a big city. What else to expect? The reason for my touchdown
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