Microbe Magazine

Cover ImageCover: Colored transmission electron micrograph of negatively-stained dengue virus particles (red circles). Dengue virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is increasingly a public health concern worldwide (see p. 515). (Image © London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine/Photo Researchers, Inc.)
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Cover ImageCover: Colored transmission electron micrograph of negatively-stained dengue virus particles (red circles). Dengue virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is increasingly a public health concern worldwide (see p. 515). (Image © London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine/Photo Researchers, Inc.)
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Dengue Fever Is Expanding Globally
After spending a week in Key West, Fla., in August 2009, a 34-year-old woman from Rochester, N.Y., fell ill with fever, headache, malaise, and chills. Tested and then treated for a urinary tract infection, her persisting symptoms several weeks later led her to a hospital emergency room, where an ...
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Experiences Vary in Learning Microbiology Online
Can microbiology be taught online? I receive many e-mails indicating considerable interest in this approach to teaching microbiology. That interest, however, does not address whether computers can teach this subject effectively. If lessons in microbiology were delivered electronically, could we d...
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