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Morphological diagnosis in #parasitology is at risk of disappearance. Thus, there is a need to maintain and pass on skills in parasite morphology.

To provide a base for this initiative, #ESCMID Global is hosting a Parasite Morphology Hub (PMH) in its #ESGCP and #ESGITM study groups.

Details 👇
ESGITM
Learn more about the ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM), including objectives, activities, resources and more.
www.escmid.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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gpollara.bsky.social
Interested in Parasitology? Want to attend an excellent study day in London organised by @tropdoc.bsky.social ?

#IDSky #ClinMicro #TropSky #MedSky
More details on how to register 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-neqas-f...
UK NEQAS for Parasitology Study Day
Join us for an enjoyable and informative day of studying parasitology at the UK NEQAS Study Day!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
#Malaria progress in jeopardy amid foreign aid cuts. 😢 Read more below: www.who.int/news/item/11...
Malaria progress in jeopardy amid foreign aid cuts
The 2025 funding cuts to malaria programmes put millions of additional lives at risk and could reverse decades of progress earned
www.who.int
April 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
" #Malaria in pregnancy and its potential impact on neurodevelopment in children: a systematic review" 🦟

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Malaria in pregnancy and its potential impact on neurodevelopment in children: a systematic review - Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research - Malaria in pregnancy and its potential impact on neurodevelopment in children: a systematic review
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
Dear ESGITM Study Group members,

Come and join us for our annual business meeting during ESCMID Global 2025:

ESGITM
Monday, 14.4. 13:30-14:30
Room: Schubert 6

Don’t worry, if you are not attending ESCMID Global in person, you can join us online. Link in the e-mail reminder you received.
April 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
Read this editorial and call for action about the leishmaniasis situation in #Syria by our study group #ESCMID #ESGITM

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Leishmaniasis in Syria – A Call for Action of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Groups for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM) and for Cl...
www.sciencedirect.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
#WHO verifies #Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate #onchocerciasis ❌🦯 ❌

www.who.int/news/item/30...
WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowled...
www.who.int
February 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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drxhschan.bsky.social
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

I'll be reprising the British Infection Association 2024 Barnett Christie Prize Lecture today at the Clinical Infection Departmental Seminar. This time with the opportunity for questions.

Come say hello!

@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
New York's health department issued an alert to physicians on February 3 telling them to test people with type A influenza for the H5N1 strain 'within 24 hours of admission'. 🐦 🤧

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Pandemic fears grow as hospitals 'overflow' with evolving infection
Doctors in New York are being urged to test hospitalized patients for bird flu amid growing concerns over human-to-human spread.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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jamesmeiring.bsky.social
Building health system resilience through improving surveillance to react to climactic shocks in real time.

#IDSky #EpiSky

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change—East Africa as a case study
Climate change is having unprecedented impacts on human health, including increasing infectious disease risk. Despite this, health systems across the world are currently not prepared for novel disease...
journals.plos.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
#Noma is still out there with a burden.
isglobal.org ISGlobal @isglobal.org · Jan 28
#Noma is a devastating disease: it is highly fatal and, for those who survive, leaves chronic sequelae that lead to disability and stigma.

We spoke to one of its survivors:

📌 www.isglobal.org/en/healthisg...
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
A review of "Evolving Epidemiology of #Mpox in #Africa in 2024" was published in #NEJM. Interesting topic as health security in Sub-Saharan Africa is facing increasing challenges again. 🌍 💉

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Evolving Epidemiology of Mpox in Africa in 2024 | NEJM
For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus did...
www.nejm.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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" #Guinea has wiped out sleeping sickness – will the rest of #Africa follow?
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the pathogen" 😴 🤢

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Guinea has wiped out sleeping sickness – will the rest of Africa follow?
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the pathogen
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
Global Adventures after #Pandemic: Ensuring Safe Travels for Transplant Patients
Thursday, 2025. February 06., 8 AM to 2 PM (Montreal time)

Topic: approach and evidence for prevention and treatment of travel related infections for adult and ped. #SOT patients.

Info®:
tts.org/116-tts/educ...
TTS EdComm-TID - February 6, 2025
The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation: development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education, guidance ...
tts.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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How should S.haematobium infection be managed in non-endemic regions? …This is what we came up with based on 20 years of confirmed cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London. Thanks to all co-authors including @tropdoc.bsky.social @gaurig03.bsky.social @hannahrafferty.bsky.social on bsky
January 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the disease. Read more below 👇🏻

www.who.int/emergencies/...
Outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease– United Republic of Tanzania
www.who.int
January 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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parasitejournal.bsky.social
Effect of household bleach on the structure of the sporocyst wall of Toxoplasma gondii [2021 🧪]
This study suggests that the inner layers of the oocyst and sporocyst walls are the main structures responsible for the resistance of the parasite to household bleach.
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Abstract Toxoplasma gondii oocysts are responsible for food- and water-borne infections in humans worldwide. They are resistant to common chemical disinfectants, including chlorinated products, presumably due to the structure and molecular nature of the oocyst wall but also the sporocyst wall. In this study, we used fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to characterise the structure of both the oocyst and sporocyst walls, exposed to household bleach. Bleach removed the outer layer of the oocyst wall and the outer layer of the wall of sporocysts exposed due to rupture of the oocyst wall. The loss of the outer sporocyst wall layer was associated with a decrease in its autofluorescence, which can be linked to the degradation of dityrosine cross-link proteins, and loss of Maclura pomifera lectin-reactive glycoproteins. This study suggests that the inner layers of the oocyst and sporocyst walls are the main structures responsible for the resistance of the parasite to household bleach.
January 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Clinical characterisation and outcomes of human clade IIb mpox virus disease - a European multicentre observational cohort study (MOSAIC) academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
Clinical characterisation and outcomes of human clade IIb mpox virus disease - a European multicentre observational cohort study (MOSAIC)
AbstractBackground. The global mpox outbreak which started in May 2022 was caused by a novel clade IIb variant of the mpox virus (MPXV). It differed from t
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January 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
Don't forget to register for our upcoming webinar on 30 January 2025, 12:30 CET:

Healthcare for VFR Travellers, Working with the Migrant Diaspora

Registration and more info here:
escmid-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...
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January 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Hello World! 🌎🌍🌏 #ESCMID #ESGITM is now on #Bluesky! 🥼🤝🦋
January 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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It's a bit sad that Carter didn't live to see the eradication of Guinea Worm. But when it finally happens, this will be his greatest legacy.
Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm, a Debilitating Parasite
Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one that infects fewer than a dozen
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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High mortality from sepsis in #Tanzania, almost 30%.

Interestingly, not assoc with hypotension and timing of antimicrobials and IV fluids not associated with survival.

#IDSky

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Sepsis in northern Tanzania: a prospective observational study of clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes for adolescents and adults with sepsis
AbstractBackground. Despite a high burden of sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa, clinical data for adolescent and adult sepsis in this setting are limited. We so
academic.oup.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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onisillos.bsky.social
I hope, before the west inevitably turns away, they at least absorb this:

"Malaria still kills almost 600,000 people a year globally, and 12% of those deaths occur in the DRC."

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
DRC health ministry says mystery disease is ‘severe’ form of malaria
Malnutrition in south-west Kwango province has left local population vulnerable to the illness, experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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Pandemic potential of the Nipah virus and public health strategies adopted during outbreaks: Lessons from Kerala, India

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
December 19, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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drmichaelmarks.bsky.social
Excited to say that in collaboration with colleagues in Australia @latrobeuni.bsky.social we got NHMRC funding to use SpyCATS cohort to build state of the art #StrepA transmission models. Hope to ultimately better understand household transmission & help target interventions in high burden settings.
Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and infection within households in The Gambia: a longitudinal cohort study
S pyogenes carriage and infection are common in The Gambia, particularly in children. Most events are non-household acquisitions, but skin carriage and pyoderma have an important role in S pyogenes household transmission and bidirectional transmission between skin and pharynx occurs.
www.thelancet.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:54 AM