The CDC has released an advisory concerning a novel Influenza virus circulating in China, H7N9. So far, the CDC has reported 14 cases and 6 deaths. The transmission is believed to be from poultry and not person-to-person (although the poultry do not appear to be ill from the virus) (CDC site).
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April 6, 2013 |
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Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM is a clinical hospitalist and the Chief Quality Officer at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, where she also serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, completed her residency at Duke University, and completed her Masters in Clinical Research at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is also the President of SHM's Board of Directors and previously served as Physician Editor of The Hospitalist, SHM's monthly newsmagazine.
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