Plague Diagnostic Workshop

Melioidosis Diagnostic Workshop, 20131

Melioidosis is a severe disease that can be difficult to diagnose because of its diverse clinical manifestations and a lack of adequate diagnostic capabilities for suspected cases. There is broad interest in improving detection and diagnosis of this disease not only in melioidosis-endemic regions but also outside these regions because melioidosis may be underreported and poses a potential biote...

Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Invasive Arthropod Workshop

Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Entomology Workshop Planning Committee • Steve Bambara, North Carolina State University • Carlos Bográn, Texas A&M University • Eric Day, Virginia Tech • Keith Douce, University of Georgia • Frank Hale, University of Tennessee • Blake Layton, Mississippi State University • Catharine Mannion, University of Florida • Blake Newton, University of Kentucky • Dale Po...

Plague

Plague is a disease that has been present for thousands of years and described since the earliest medical accounts. It occurs today worldwide, and may present in a variety of clinical forms. Bubonic disease, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague are seen in addition to a number of other less common manifestations. As an agent of bioterrorism,Yersinia pestis could pose an extreme threat if rel...

The plague

Albert Camus (1913-1960) was born in Algeria, which was then a French colonial possession. His father was killed in battle in World War I a year after Albert’s birth, leaving his family in poverty. Camus worked his way through the university of Algiers by doing odd jobs, but dropped out after a severe bout of tuberculosis. He then turned to journalism, writing for an anti-colonial newspaper in ...

Plague Control