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Ian M Mackay, PhD

Ian M Mackay, PhD

H3N2 in Australia — what’s new?

Jun 28, 2019

H3N2 in Australia — what’s new?

Jun 28, 2019

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Which is the inFLUencing hemisphere, north, south or neither?

Jun 20, 2019

Which is the inFLUencing hemisphere, north, south or neither?

Jun 20, 2019

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Ebola virus disease crosses the border into Uganda

Jun 11, 2019

Ebola virus disease crosses the border into Uganda

Jun 11, 2019

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Every flu season is a soup of viruses

Jun 6, 2019

Every flu season is a soup of viruses

Jun 6, 2019

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Influenza vaccine protection in adults: it’s better than you think

It seems like every year we’re told that the timespan for which influenza (flu) vaccination provides us immunity is a little shorter. In…

May 1, 2019

Influenza vaccine protection in adults: it’s better than you think

May 1, 2019

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DRC

The World Health Organization has reported that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (f. Zaire) has declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus…

May 9, 2018

Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DRC

May 9, 2018

Ian M Mackay, PhD

HTLV-I is not new to Australia but a proper strategic response to it would be

Recent news stories from the Gaurdian and elsewhere have highlighted the serious issue of Aboriginal Australians living in Central…

May 4, 2018

HTLV-I is not new to Australia but a proper strategic response to it would be

May 4, 2018

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Influenza virus transmission: with or without symptoms, you’re dropping Flu virus

Influenza viruses infect our cells, but cell entry alone does not result in influenza (the disease).

Jan 23, 2018

Influenza virus transmission: with or without symptoms, you’re dropping Flu virus

Jan 23, 2018

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Flu has long been associated with death in younger adults: it is known

A very short post just to highlight that younger adults have been linked to Flu deaths for many years — far less often than among the…

Dec 15, 2017

Flu has long been associated with death in younger adults: it is known

Dec 15, 2017

Ian M Mackay, PhD

A new Australian study may help to explain why asthmatics have trouble suppressing the inflammation…

In particular, the inflammation due to members of one species of rhinovirus (RV), the RV-Cs, considered the worst of the “common cold”…

Dec 14, 2017

A new Australian study may help to explain why asthmatics have trouble suppressing the inflammation…

Dec 14, 2017

Ian M Mackay, PhD

Ian M Mackay, PhD

virologist. husband. father. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. in no order. facts are referenced. opinions mine alone. not medical advice.

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