#Pathogenesis

The Menachery Lab

TheMenacheryLab

Our study examining a furin-cleavage site deletion mutant in #COVID19 is now out @Nature With a short thread (cause who has time to read beyond twitter) (1/6https://go.nature.com/2MnGlfq First, thanks to

Claire Sexton

claire_e_sexton

There's a ton of content at #AAIC20 - some tips for navigating.... 1. Each day has a theme, Mon - Basic Science and Pathogenesis; Tues - Biomarkers; Wed - Clinical

Ryan McNamara 🧬

Ryan_Mac_Phd

Virus fragments can exert pathogenic effects inside a host, but that's distinct from being infectious.To be infectious, a virus particle must be intact. This includes the virus genome and the

Dr. MAAWEYA ELAEED

DrMaaweya

10 months into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, what we have learned1.SARS-CoV-2 is not only emergent virus we have to concern about.2.SARS-CoV-2 is going to be circulating and stay with us forever.3.I

Stuart Neil

stuartjdneil

So this is something you hear trotted out a lot and it’s a bit of a lazy stereotype, with the examples usually being highly pathogenic viruses that are poorly adapted

Infectious Disease Ethics

ID_ethics

Terminology thread:rate ≠ riskinfection ≠ diseasequarantine ≠ isolationsocial distancing ≠ physical distancingprolonged PCR positivity ≠ sheddingvirulence ≠ transmissibility References to follow 1/ rate ≠ riskA risk is a proba

Tony Breu

tony_breu

1/Why is tricuspid valve (TV) endocarditis more common in those who use intravenous drugs?The portal of entry for most bacteria is the venous system. If quick access to the right-heart

Dr Liz Ballou

BallouLab

The Second Medical Mycologist Trainee Seminar is today at 11am EST, 4pm GST! We've got two great speakers: @caipcoelho on #fungal-host interactions & @mgblango on #RNA approaches to antifungals. Next

Chelsea Crooks

chelsea_crooks4

Excited to share my work to characterize African-lineage #Zika during pregnancy in NHP! Thread below with our primary findings:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.30.405670v1.full.pdf+html First of all, these studies take a vil

CastlDrs

CastlDalmunzie

1-9 #Immunology #IDTwitter #Cellimmunity #Viralimmunity #cardiotwitter #Clinicalperspective Increasing data demonstrate that women mount stronger #immuneresponses against #SARSCoV2 than males https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pi

BK Titanji #ILookLikeAScientist

Boghuma

#LongCOVID19 Spectrum of symptoms that can occur/persist wks to months after acute severe or mild #COVID19.Primary symptoms: fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, headache, arthralgia, palpitations, concentration & depression in previously

Marion Koopmans

MarionKoopmans

Wow factor paper of the week: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.18.388819v1.full#ref-12Loss of taste and smell is a key symptom of COVID-19. This group studied infection of olfactory bulb sensory neural cells from nasal mucosa

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ Recently, major media outlets in the US and France have mischaracterized our COVID-19 T cell findings. We have now published a summary of current knowledge to correct this.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-0389-z 2/

Dr Snehil Mishra

drsnehilmishra

A long thread on my views on Modern vs Alternative Medicine.Some disclosures- 1.I am a practising cardiologist who prescribes statins and does angioplasties in patients who need them. I wholeheartedly

MUSC Department of Pathology

MUSCpathology

Interesting case (from our archives!) to start the week: A woman in her 60s with asthma and chronic rhinitis presents with a new morbilliform rash on trunk & extremities. Skin

Taia Wang Lab

LabTaia

Thanks to all for your interest in our study! We have received a number of great questions and thought we would try to address many of them by discussing our

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