Esther Babady, PhD
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Esther Babady, PhD
@ebabady.bsky.social
Clinical Microbiologist. Favorite microbes are Fungi and Viruses. Really don’t like to talk about bacteria. Favorite technique: Molecular Diagnostics. https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/esther-babady
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It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine -related questions below in response to this post, and I will of my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc April 2025 edition.
April 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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#ArticleinPress: Equivalent clinical accuracy of HPV DNA testing using cobas 4800 and 6800 HPV Systems in paired urine and cervical samples. Authors from @sciensano.be

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Equivalent clinical accuracy of HPV DNA testing using cobas 4800 and 6800 HPV Systems in paired urine and cervical samples
The use of urine for cervical cancer screening is gaining international attention, though, more data on the relative clinical accuracy of validated Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA tests on urine versus...
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March 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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ASM town hall is starting in a couple of minutes. Over 80 people on the call so far.
February 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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From USAID colleague, with permission to share. It's not just chaos it is devastation and tearing apart of families and communities. Not to talk of systems that kept us safe. This is just one story, multiple this by 10,000.
Is this really making America great?
February 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Considerations for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genomic Surveillance

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DEFINE_ME
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January 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM