BACKGROUND The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustained transmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance about which body fluids are infectious and when they pose a risk to humans. We report a rapid systematic review of published evidence on the presen...

Importance and challenges of identifying body fluids in forensic casework In forensic casework, correctly identifying body fluids such as blood, semen, or saliva is important for reconstructing a crime scene. Analysis of stains or biological fluids recovered during an investigation may provide potential sources of DNA that can be used to identify the donor of the fluid or stain [1]. However, bo...

TO INCLUDE a discussion of the regulation of total body water and electrolytes in such a symposium OIn the cardiovascular system at first glanee may require some justification. It should be quickly apparent, however, that the total body fluids and the circulatory system are so intimately interrelated that consideration of one without the other would be quite incomplete. Part of the body fluids,...