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The Lancet Microbe is an #OpenAccess journal publishing innovative and practice-changing research and opinion in clinical #microbiology

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Our December issue is now online:

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Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #Bordetela #pertussis #scabies #Neisseria #Chlamydia #HIV #TB #AMR #phage #Mycoplasma #Ebola

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December cover of The Lancet Microbe
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New research article

#SARS-CoV-2 infectious shedding and rebound among adults with and without oral #antiviral use: two case-ascertained prospective household studies

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January 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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The January 2026 issue of The Lancet Regional Health - Americas is now available online! lnkd.in/gQjsmKuv
In this issue, we covered #CardiovascularPrevention, #Suicide, #Syphilis, #HelicobacterPylori, #Tuberculosis, #RSV, #Dengue, #HeadNeckCancer, #Fibromyalgia, #SleepHealth, and much more.
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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New personal view article

An overview of global public and philanthropic investments into antibacterial therapeutics (2017–23)

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January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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New research article

Mucosal immune responses to #Bordetella #pertussis in Gambian infants after maternal and primary vaccination: an immunological substudy of a single-centre, randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 4 trial

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January 8, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Strengthening clinical, translational, implementation #research in #Africa for the #elimination of viral #hepatitis is an urgent #PublicHealth priority.
We have the tools, but the field has been neglected.
🧪 #HBV #MedSky
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Strengthening hepatitis B virus clinical research in Africa: the need for multistakeholder collaboration, funding, and political will
Africa bears a disproportionate burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, with 68 million chronically infected individuals and 65% of global new in…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Really pleased to see our work on yaws, and how mass drug administration shapes Treponema genomes, published in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social!

sanger.ac.uk/news_item/genomics-uncovers-new-ways-to-target-chronic-childhood-disease/

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Genomics uncovers new ways to target chronic childhood disease
By sequencing the bacteria that cause the neglected disease yaws, researchers have found that while mass treatment can be successful, it can cause resistant strains to develop. They suggest that publi...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Read 'The Effect of Repeated Mass Drug Administration on the Transmission of Yaws: A Genomic Epidemiology Study' from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social, @fundaciolluita.bsky.social , & others in the @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social⤵️

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Effect of repeated mass drug administration on the transmission of yaws: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study
Yaws, a neglected tropical disease caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue (T p pertenue), has evaded eradication, in part due to a high prop…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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By sequencing the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, experts have uncovered new insights into how these bacteria re-emerge and evade treatment 🧬

Find out how these can be used to help inform public health interventions ⤵️

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Genomics uncovers new ways to target chronic childhood disease
By sequencing the bacteria that cause the neglected disease yaws, researchers have found that while mass treatment can be successful, it can cause resistant strains to develop. They suggest that publi...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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New personal view article

Implementation and outcomes of a rapid response genomic hospital epidemiology programme at an academic medical centre over 7 years

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January 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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New research article

Effect of repeated mass drug administration on the transmission of #yaws: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #Treponema #MDA #AMR #OpenAccess #OA

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January 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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New research article

Convergence and global molecular epidemiology of #Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids harbouring the iuc3 virulence locus: a population genomic analysis

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January 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Out @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social & led @amberbarton.bsky.social We used WGS to look at Treponema population dynamics during community MDA for yaws tinyurl.com/bd6zu6xm

Intriguingly found sublineage associated w longer ulcer duration & lower antibody titres. Whether occurs in syphilis needs exploring
The image shows two box and whisker plots. The left hand plot shows the duration of peoples ulcers stratified by sub-lineage and demonstrates that one of these sub-lineages has a longer duration of ulcers than the others. The right hand plot shows the titre of treponemal antibodies stratified by sub-lineage and demonstrates that the same sub-lineage is also associated with much lower antibody titres than the others.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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In case you missed it, our last issue of 2025 is now live and free to read! 🎉

➡️Explore and download the issue on our journal homepage: hubs.li/Q03yqV6c0
The cover of the current issue of The Lancet Primary Care, featuring a picture of a doctor, facing the camera and listening to a patient while they voice their concerns.
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Are you working with communities to tackle health challenges?

The Lancet-@elsfoundation.bsky.social Evidence to Impact Award supports teams turning evidence into action – especially in LMICs.

Apply now to help bridge science and real-world solutions: spkl.io/63321A9qiJ
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January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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🗨️ “Vaccines have done more to improve public health than any other medical intervention.”

A Viewpoint focuses on cancer vaccines and the future of immunotherapy: spkl.io/63322AYP7k
Figure showing the types of therapeutic cancer vaccines, The vaccines have been classified into four categories by how the antigens are selected and where the antigens are co-localised with antigen-presenting cells. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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New review article

Human #metapneumovirus prevention within reach: advances in vaccines and monoclonal antibodies

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December 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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New personal view article

Strengthening #hepatitis B virus clinical research in Africa: the need for multistakeholder collaboration, funding, and political will

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #HBV #OpenAccess #OA
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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New research article

Genomic determinants of antibiotic resistance for #Helicobacter pylori treatment: a retrospective phenotypic and genotypic observational study

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December 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Our December issue is now online:

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #Bordetela #pertussis #scabies #Neisseria #Chlamydia #HIV #TB #AMR #phage #Mycoplasma #Ebola

#IDSky #ClinMicro #OA
December cover of The Lancet Microbe
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Our December issue is now online:

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #Bordetela #pertussis #scabies #Neisseria #Chlamydia #HIV #TB #AMR #phage #Mycoplasma #Ebola

#IDSky #ClinMicro #OA
December cover of The Lancet Microbe
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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New personal view article

The need for interconnected global biorepositories from #tuberculosis studies to address fundamental questions at scale

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December 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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New review article

Global biological sample collections from #tuberculosis studies: a scoping review

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December 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Our January issue is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Featuring content on #HIV #Diabetes #MaternalMortality #CervicalCancer #Malaria #PretermBirth #EyeHealth #Alcohol #InjectingDrugUse

We wish you a peaceful end to 2025 🕊️
The cover of the January 2026 issue of The Lancet Global Health, featuring a photograph of an African health worker taking a fingerprick blood sample from a new mother. Image credit: DFID.
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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📢 December issue now online featuring #asthma, #pneumonia, #sepsis, #epilepsy, #HIV, #PCOS, #depression, #UTI, and much more with our editorial on the future of prostate cancer screening

…all available #free #OpenAccess❗️

Read more here: www.thelancet.com/issue/S2589-...

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December 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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A picture is worth a thousand words 📷

In our final issue of 2025, explore the winning photos of The Lancet's 2025 Highlights competition, representing a year of pursuing health and hope in challenging conditions.

Access the full issue: spkl.io/63327Aci33
The Lancet December 20/27, 2025-January 2, 2026 issue. On the cover, a black and white portrait of a mother and sleeping child, relating to the Smile China mission. Credit: Wayne F Larrabee Jr.
December 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM