- This event has passed.
Wuhan Coronavirus
01/02/2020 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
Free
This presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here
Photo: Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that have a halo, or crown-like (corona) appearance when viewed under an electron microscope. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Library (PHIL), image identification number #4814; courtesy of Dr. Fred Murphy of the CDC.
CHINA’S NEW WUHAN CORONAVIRUS
Presentation for SCIENCE CIRCLE
Robert A. Hendrix, MD, a.k.a., Tagline in Second Life
A new contagious CORONAVIRUS has emerged from a large food market in Wuhan, China that has fish, birds and live animals. This virus is transmissible person to person and has caused the death of at least 17 and sickened 540 people in China as of 22.January 2020. Furthermore, it has quickly spread across borders in Asia and now been reported in the United States.
This talk will review prominent medical and public health features of this new virus that may become a pandemic.
Previous presentations of Robert in the Film Collection
Previous work from Robert in the Library
Is this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?
Follow this link first.