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FDA standards for AST, GOF experimental policy change, and Ebola survivor memory

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Channel: ASM - Microbes Make Our World · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Discussed on this Microbial Minutes will be FDA standards for AST, GOF experimental policy change, and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.

📄 Articles mentioned on this Microbial Minutes:

Rimoin A. W., et. al. Ebola virus neutralizing antibodies detectable in survivors of the Yambuku, Zaire outbreak 40 years after infection. Journal of Infectious Disease. Dec 14 2017. https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/infdis/jix584/4716835?redirectedFrom=fulltext


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·     The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/forty-years-later-some-survivors-of-the-first-ebola-outbreak-are-still-immune/548339/


FDA announcement: Antibacterial Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria. Dec 13 2017. https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm588836.htm


·     Contagion Live: http://www.contagionlive.com/news/fda-tool-gives-doctors-timely-and-easily-accessible-antimicrobial-susceptibility-information
 

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·     National Geographic: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/north-america-bat-killer-white-nose-syndrome-ultraviolet-light-spd/


·     Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-lethal-fungus-white-nose-syndrome-achilles.html


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