Matthijs Welkers
@flahless.bsky.social
Clinical microbiologist/virologist at AmsterdamUMC, The Netherlands. Focus on viral evolution & sequencing. Flahless like RNA polymerase. Views are my own.
Hi Erik, could I be added to the feed? My orcid is
0000-0002-2982-0278. Thanks!
0000-0002-2982-0278. Thanks!
May 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hi Erik, could I be added to the feed? My orcid is
0000-0002-2982-0278. Thanks!
0000-0002-2982-0278. Thanks!
The approach was inspired by previous publications for Ebola virus by Anders Fomgaard et al., but without manual addition of MagnaPure buffer to blood collection tubes. (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...).
May 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The approach was inspired by previous publications for Ebola virus by Anders Fomgaard et al., but without manual addition of MagnaPure buffer to blood collection tubes. (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...).
Why: Even with low VHF suspicion, BSL-3 + full PPE is standard for handling whole blood to perform blood smears. Lysing at blood collection cuts exposure risk to staff and allows LAMP dx at BSL-2. Practical, scalable, and deployable—no smears, no suits, no delay.
May 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Why: Even with low VHF suspicion, BSL-3 + full PPE is standard for handling whole blood to perform blood smears. Lysing at blood collection cuts exposure risk to staff and allows LAMP dx at BSL-2. Practical, scalable, and deployable—no smears, no suits, no delay.
When: in critically ill returning travelers where malaria is likely, but VHF can't be completely excluded. Just to be clear: not intended/validated for use in confirmed or high-probability VHF cases!
May 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
When: in critically ill returning travelers where malaria is likely, but VHF can't be completely excluded. Just to be clear: not intended/validated for use in confirmed or high-probability VHF cases!