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Matthew Kuehnert
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MD, FACP, FIDSA. USPHS (ret).

Infectious disease doc.
Professor of Medicine.
Retweets not endorsement, opinions own.

Public Health 48%
Business 18%
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August issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases is now online!

Theme is "Mpox and other viral diseases."

Articles on spillover events, microsporidiosis acquired in the Sea of Galilee, and Mpox.

Our cover: "The Pockmarked Face of the Comte de Mirabeau", the scars of smallpox.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - CDC
Emerging Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed, monthly journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It offers global health professionals the latest scientific informat...
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Our new issue is out, and includes research on

🦠 surveillance of iGAS in European countries and factors associated with severe iGAS and death in children & adolescents

📈 how COVID-19 modelling supported public health decisions in Europe

Read it here 🔗 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
Although we tend to think about it less in the US, Hep E is the leading cause of *acute* hepatitis worldwide.

- associated with wild boar/undercooked pork
- more severe in pregnant people. - can cause chronic hepatitis in immunocompromise #IDSky

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Serological and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus and co-infections during the 2014 Biratnagar outbreak in Nepal - BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis in South Asia, frequently causing waterborne outbreaks. Despite the recognized past and potential future epidemic burde...
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Chagas disease is endemic in the United States. Full stop.

"Labeling the US as non–Chagas disease–endemic perpetuates low awareness and underreporting"

#IDSky #MedSky #Chagas

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Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States
Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States
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Increasing evidence of T. cruzi parasites in the United States in triatomine insects, domestic animals, wildlife, and humans challenges Chagas’ nonendemic label in US.

Autochthonous human cases have been reported in 8 states… #IDSky

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Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States
Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States
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Rabies in an unmanaged cat colony.

No human cases but a large investigation.

Cat colonies aren't going away so we should manage them better. The amount of $ spent for this investigation could have covered a lot of spay/neuter/vaccination.
www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2025/08/arti...
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“People are relying too much on these text-extruding machines, and that will corrupt the scientific record”

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ChatGPT tends to ignore retractions on scientific papers
Study finds the chatbot doesn’t acknowledge concerns with problematic studies
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