Big deal in #transplant ID 👇🏻
Growing problem HHV-8 (Kaposi's sarcoma) transmitted via organ transplantation
Screening?
"Limited commercial availability of KSHV assays, particularly serology, has hindered surveillance and tracking of donor-derived infections"
#idsky
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Leprosy is treatable, but requires months of antibiotics,similar to tuberculosis.
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The Nov issue of EID has published!
Theme is vectorborne diseases, but also a nod to zoonotic infections (Grandma Moses farm scene on cover), an issue theme to come
Tickborne pathogens in blood donors, emerging Rickettsia in dogs, transmission WNV in Paris, to name a few
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid
#idsky
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
bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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...
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 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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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...
“People are relying too much on these text-extruding machines, and that will corrupt the scientific record”
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"..our findings highlight spread of WNV into northern France during the mosquito season. This new area of WNV circulation is a concern for physicians managing infected patients but also for blood, cell, or organ donations for which qualified donors are needed.."
#idsky
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I would take this very seriously if contacted. Rabies can have a very long incubation time before symptoms develop. Post exposure prophylaxis administered in a timely manner is very effective.
1. David Ackerly (UC Berkeley) While his most-cited work is on leaf size and SLA, he also wrote explicitly about plasticity in leaf traits, including shape, in the context of ecological strategies. Example: Ackerly (1997), “Allocation, leaf display, and growth in fluctuating light environments: A comparative study of deciduous and evergreen species” (Oecologia). This emphasizes how plasticity in leaf traits mediates adaptation to light.
Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.
Without standard definition, long COVID remains a puzzle
The number of symptoms included in the studies ranged from 9 to 44.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Study highlights antifungal use in US hospitals
Data from 412 US hospitals from 2018 through 2023 show 4.5% of patients received an antifungal, a finding researchers say warrants a specific focus on antifungal stewardship.
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🦟 West Nile virus in Europe
As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year.
📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.
Earlier this year… “In this case report, we present a young adult with a history of chronic e-cigarette use diagnosed with pulmonary blastomycosis. The patient’s young age, lack of underlying health conditions… along with ambiguous imaging findings, posed a significant diagnostic challenge.”
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.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/
#JustPublished!
Rapid Risk Assessment: Multi-country outbreak of #hepatitisA in the EU/EEA.
The spike in cases has been reported across Austria, Czechia, Hungary & Slovakia
Read full report here: bit.ly/3HOlL4E
and our press release here: bit.ly/4kNULAQ
#IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky
July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases is online!
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/
Theme is Spirochetes and other bacteria
Two unusual case reports on the "great imitator" syphilis.
Also featured: Mycoplasma phocimorsus human infection from a bear, Borrelia in flying foxes, mice as model for leptospirosis.
Thanks for the shout out to EID!
One ceftriaxone-resistant #typhoid case last year set us on a path that is now live on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
47 cases in months, resistance rose from 0 to 5%. We spoke with patients, sequenced samples. 4.3.1.2.B1 lineage+blaCTX-M-15 on pCROB1. #AMR #PublicHealth
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Feline #sporotrichosis:
"Asymptomatic carriers hinder sporotrichosis control efforts by delaying diagnosis and treatment. Screening all contacts of confirmed cases is essential to minimize the risk for transmission"
Measles virus diverged phylogenetically from rinderpest bovine virus. I did not know that.
📚💙🌎🧰 #Bookdrop #booksky #epidemic
#The-American-Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History. a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined
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Given #YellowFever vaccination seems to have become topical, this article might be of interest.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Human immunity has to "want" to oscillate seasonally also...
Scientists report first known cases of #tularemia in beluga whales
The long distances that whales often travel could further spread the disease, increasing exposure to people and wildlife, the authors say.
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EID's June issue is published!
Theme is #vectorborne infections.
Article topics include rickettsia in Cambodia, oropouche in Brazil, babesiosis in Italy, tularemia in Alaskan whales (!) and much more. #idsky
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Iowa, Nebraska announce first measles cases
Iowa's patient is an unvaccinated adult, and Nebraska's is a vaccinated child who had not traveled outside the state.
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