Andres Henao, MD PhD FIDSA
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A US board-certified specialist in Infectious Diseases, with a focus on fungal and tropical infections | Universidad del Valle alumnus | Associate Professor at CU Anschutz | Editor-in-Chief TAID | Associate Editor PLOSGPH | Global Health
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Peptide-based vaccines are redefining precision immunology, offering safety, specificity,scalable manufacturing. This review explores how bioinformatics-driven epitope design, nanoparticles,& next-gen adjuvants are fighting viral threats 🚀🦠
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February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Peptide-based vaccines are redefining precision immunology, offering safety, specificity,scalable manufacturing. This review explores how bioinformatics-driven epitope design, nanoparticles,& next-gen adjuvants are fighting viral threats 🚀🦠
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Ticks strike twice 🐜🐜 Fatal Babesia microti/Borrelia burgdorferi coinfection presenting as acute liver failure and shock. Read full case @
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Ticks strike twice 🐜🐜 Fatal Babesia microti/Borrelia burgdorferi coinfection presenting as acute liver failure and shock. Read full case @
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Excited to announce our new Seminar on Leprosy just published online in @TheLancet! 🌍
This multicontinental collaboration provides an update on key public health & clinical aspects of leprosy
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This multicontinental collaboration provides an update on key public health & clinical aspects of leprosy
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Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a curable granulomatous condition caused
by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis, disproportionately affecting
impoverished communities across...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Excited to announce our new Seminar on Leprosy just published online in @TheLancet! 🌍
This multicontinental collaboration provides an update on key public health & clinical aspects of leprosy
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This multicontinental collaboration provides an update on key public health & clinical aspects of leprosy
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@idweek.bsky.social abstracts have just been posted online on @ofidjournal.bsky.social
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Volume 13 Issue Supplement_1 | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Publishes clinical, translational, and basic research findings focusing on the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practi...
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⚠️ Rising MDR in cUTIs demands new options. Plazomicin shows strong in-vitro activity, synergy with key agents, and favorable outcomes in trials—yet real-world evidence from LMICs is urgently needed 📉📊.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
⚠️ Rising MDR in cUTIs demands new options. Plazomicin shows strong in-vitro activity, synergy with key agents, and favorable outcomes in trials—yet real-world evidence from LMICs is urgently needed 📉📊.
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Imidazolopiperazines (KAF156/ganaplacide) show potent activity across blood, liver, and gametocyte stages of Plasmodium 🦟💊—a promising path forward as antimalarial resistance rises.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Imidazolopiperazines (KAF156/ganaplacide) show potent activity across blood, liver, and gametocyte stages of Plasmodium 🦟💊—a promising path forward as antimalarial resistance rises.
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📊 New study from Teso, Uganda: Among 1009 TB patients, overall treatment success was 91.9%. Females had higher success, while age >49 and HIV infection lowered success. Early screening, preventive therapy, and peer support are key to improving outcomes.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
📊 New study from Teso, Uganda: Among 1009 TB patients, overall treatment success was 91.9%. Females had higher success, while age >49 and HIV infection lowered success. Early screening, preventive therapy, and peer support are key to improving outcomes.
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Our Faculty recently took part in a pilot Spanish case conference in collaboration with UCLA and the University of the Amazonia (Peru), focused on tropical medicine—with English translation included. A great opportunity to learn and practice Spanish!
Thanks to @andhen25.bsky.social. 🌟
Thanks to @andhen25.bsky.social. 🌟
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Our Faculty recently took part in a pilot Spanish case conference in collaboration with UCLA and the University of the Amazonia (Peru), focused on tropical medicine—with English translation included. A great opportunity to learn and practice Spanish!
Thanks to @andhen25.bsky.social. 🌟
Thanks to @andhen25.bsky.social. 🌟
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🧬 Unusual infection: M. luteus, normally a skin commensal, triggered prosthetic valve endocarditis in an immunocompetent woman. 8 weeks of IV vancomycin led to full recovery.
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Micrococcus luteus-induced prosthetic valve infective endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report from India - Ritvik Sajan, Sreekrishnan Trikkur Parasuraman, Akhil Arun, 2025
Micrococcus luteus (M. luteus) is a Gram-positive microorganism that typically dwells in environments such as soil, water, and human skin, hence, entitling it a...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🧬 Unusual infection: M. luteus, normally a skin commensal, triggered prosthetic valve endocarditis in an immunocompetent woman. 8 weeks of IV vancomycin led to full recovery.
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Travel medicine clinic does not have many travelers to Switzerland 🇨🇭
-70yo 🇺🇸 traveler to 🇨🇭 died from Tick-Borne Encephalitis after 🥾 in Alps
-12th case in 🇺🇸 traveler since 2000
-TBE vaccine 💉 recommended for travelers to Europe/Asia with⬆️ tick exposures
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-70yo 🇺🇸 traveler to 🇨🇭 died from Tick-Borne Encephalitis after 🥾 in Alps
-12th case in 🇺🇸 traveler since 2000
-TBE vaccine 💉 recommended for travelers to Europe/Asia with⬆️ tick exposures
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Fatal Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Unvaccinated Traveler from the United States to Switzerland, 2022
Fatal Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Traveler
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December 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Travel medicine clinic does not have many travelers to Switzerland 🇨🇭
-70yo 🇺🇸 traveler to 🇨🇭 died from Tick-Borne Encephalitis after 🥾 in Alps
-12th case in 🇺🇸 traveler since 2000
-TBE vaccine 💉 recommended for travelers to Europe/Asia with⬆️ tick exposures
#IDSky
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-70yo 🇺🇸 traveler to 🇨🇭 died from Tick-Borne Encephalitis after 🥾 in Alps
-12th case in 🇺🇸 traveler since 2000
-TBE vaccine 💉 recommended for travelers to Europe/Asia with⬆️ tick exposures
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📊 HIV from injection drug use is climbing (2016–2022).
PrEP uptake in PWID remains critically low.
Call to action: integrate ID + addiction care, expand low-barrier services, implement LA-PrEP, and fight stigma through policy + education.
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PrEP uptake in PWID remains critically low.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📊 HIV from injection drug use is climbing (2016–2022).
PrEP uptake in PWID remains critically low.
Call to action: integrate ID + addiction care, expand low-barrier services, implement LA-PrEP, and fight stigma through policy + education.
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PrEP uptake in PWID remains critically low.
Call to action: integrate ID + addiction care, expand low-barrier services, implement LA-PrEP, and fight stigma through policy + education.
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ED study in Japan: Relaxation of COVID-19 IPC practices led to a surge in virus-related exacerbations of COPD (7.7%→52.5%) & asthma (39.7%→66.7%). Reinforcing viral prevention is key in chronic airway disease care.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ED study in Japan: Relaxation of COVID-19 IPC practices led to a surge in virus-related exacerbations of COPD (7.7%→52.5%) & asthma (39.7%→66.7%). Reinforcing viral prevention is key in chronic airway disease care.
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Dolutegravir/lamivudine improved quality of life, treatment acceptability, and symptom burden in PLWH over 6 months (French multicenter study, n=260). Gains appeared by month 1 and persisted. Monitoring discontinuations—especially among women—remains key.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dolutegravir/lamivudine improved quality of life, treatment acceptability, and symptom burden in PLWH over 6 months (French multicenter study, n=260). Gains appeared by month 1 and persisted. Monitoring discontinuations—especially among women—remains key.
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A systematic review (2003–2023) shows live attenuated (LAIV) and inactivated (IIV) influenza vaccines protect children/adolescents equally well (~50% VE). Post-2017 LAIV strain updates restored H1N1 protection and improved efficacy vs influenza B.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A systematic review (2003–2023) shows live attenuated (LAIV) and inactivated (IIV) influenza vaccines protect children/adolescents equally well (~50% VE). Post-2017 LAIV strain updates restored H1N1 protection and improved efficacy vs influenza B.
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P. aeruginosa is the archetype of adaptive resistance—porins close, pumps activate, enzymes evolve. New β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combos and cefiderocol offer treatment options.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
P. aeruginosa is the archetype of adaptive resistance—porins close, pumps activate, enzymes evolve. New β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combos and cefiderocol offer treatment options.
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Novel entomo-virological tools, such as honey-baited traps preserving mosquito-expectorated RNA, are reshaping arbovirus monitoring. Integrating these with genomic surveillance can bridge field ecology and molecular epidemiology. 🔬🦟https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20499361251391261
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Novel entomo-virological tools, such as honey-baited traps preserving mosquito-expectorated RNA, are reshaping arbovirus monitoring. Integrating these with genomic surveillance can bridge field ecology and molecular epidemiology. 🔬🦟https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20499361251391261
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Recurrent UTIs remain a major burden, and new guidance is steering care toward non-antibiotic prevention—behavioural measures, topical oestrogen, methenamine hippurate, and intravesical HA/CS 💡💊💧
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November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Recurrent UTIs remain a major burden, and new guidance is steering care toward non-antibiotic prevention—behavioural measures, topical oestrogen, methenamine hippurate, and intravesical HA/CS 💡💊💧
Read this review for more 📘✨
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AI-driven models are showing clear promise in improving HIV/TB detection and management in Nigeria, where immunosuppression drives disproportionate TB risk. Strengthening technical capacity will be essential for translating this potential into practice.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
AI-driven models are showing clear promise in improving HIV/TB detection and management in Nigeria, where immunosuppression drives disproportionate TB risk. Strengthening technical capacity will be essential for translating this potential into practice.
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Antipseudomonal beta lactams yielded outcomes similar to cefazolin/oxacillin in this study of of MSSA bacteremia.However there were more complicated infections in the SOC arm.These data may inform antibiotic choices when broad coverage is needed.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Antipseudomonal beta lactams yielded outcomes similar to cefazolin/oxacillin in this study of of MSSA bacteremia.However there were more complicated infections in the SOC arm.These data may inform antibiotic choices when broad coverage is needed.
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Our division is thrilled to welcome a full cohort of talented ID fellows next year!
Join us in celebrating Drs. Caroline Bashour, Shanmukha Priya Peddireddy, Gavi Roda, and Sum Park Sarmadi. We can't wait for them to join our team! 🌟👏
Join us in celebrating Drs. Caroline Bashour, Shanmukha Priya Peddireddy, Gavi Roda, and Sum Park Sarmadi. We can't wait for them to join our team! 🌟👏
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Our division is thrilled to welcome a full cohort of talented ID fellows next year!
Join us in celebrating Drs. Caroline Bashour, Shanmukha Priya Peddireddy, Gavi Roda, and Sum Park Sarmadi. We can't wait for them to join our team! 🌟👏
Join us in celebrating Drs. Caroline Bashour, Shanmukha Priya Peddireddy, Gavi Roda, and Sum Park Sarmadi. We can't wait for them to join our team! 🌟👏
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Review—"Health care in the USA: money has become the mission" 👇
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Review—"Health care in the USA: money has become the mission" 👇
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Online Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H), the longest-standing course of its type in Africa
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December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Online Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H), the longest-standing course of its type in Africa
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Check out highlights from the 2025 Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies Conference: new data spanning antimicrobial stewardship, epidemiology, diagnostics, prevention policies, virulence profiling, and next-gen sequencing for neonatal GBS.
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Proceedings from Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies Conference, Wednesday, May 14th 2025, virtual meeting, 2025
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November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Check out highlights from the 2025 Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies Conference: new data spanning antimicrobial stewardship, epidemiology, diagnostics, prevention policies, virulence profiling, and next-gen sequencing for neonatal GBS.
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Data from 89 patients suggest that follow-up FDG-PET/CT can guide decisions in focal infections but is most informative when bacteremia is gram-positive or clinical status deteriorates. Findings support targeted rather than routine use. 🔍🦠📊 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Data from 89 patients suggest that follow-up FDG-PET/CT can guide decisions in focal infections but is most informative when bacteremia is gram-positive or clinical status deteriorates. Findings support targeted rather than routine use. 🔍🦠📊 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....