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COVID-19 Webinar Series - RNA Viruses for Dummies

COVID-19 Webinar Series - RNA Viruses for Dummies

Please join Associate Professor Peta-Ann Teague, Dr Robert Norton and Professor John McBride for the first episode of the COVID-19 Webinar Series – RNA Viruses for Dummies.

Presented by:

• Associate Professor Peta-Ann Teague, Director of JCU GP Training
• Dr Robert Norton, Pathologist (Microbiology) and Director of Microbiology at Townsville University Hospital
• Professor John McBride, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Cairns Hospital

Topic: An update on RNA viruses, focusing on current knowledge of COVID-19 including

• Epidemiology
• Diagnosis and treatment options
• The current state of ‘the curves’
• Cytokine storm

The Webinar will be held via Zoom, and is open to health professionals, junior doctors, interns, students and anyone with an interest.

Questions are welcome towards the end of the presentation.For any enquiries or to submit your question/s in advance please send an email to: nqrth@jcu.edu.au