#Infection

Albin Fontaine

albinfont

Our work is on @PLOSPathogens. “Modeling intra-mosquito dynamics of Zika virus and its dose-dependence confirms the low epidemic potential of Aedes albopictus”. Some words about Vector Competence and the risk

James

agoodfireburns

So that’s both Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines reporting less effect against the South African variant. I’m sure they’ll work it out, this time. Best hope there’s no further major mutations

Christopher Lee

MudPhud07

I just heard that pharmacies are getting paid $42 for each asymptomatic Covid swab they do. When I see a patient with an upper respiratory infection in the ER during

P. D. Mangan Health & Fitness Maximalist 🇺🇸

Mangan150

An underlying cause, or effect, or both, of aging, is inflammation.This is so characteristic of aging that it's been dubbed "inflammaging". Where does the inflammation come from?Could be from "garb-aging",

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

COVID BECOMING A CHRONIC DISEASE: ~10-35% suffer persistent symptoms, mostly neurological: autonomic nervous system dysfunction, sleep, pain, dizziness, cognitive difficulties. A study even 1/3 after hospitalization had memory problems. #Lo

MacKenzie

Smackenziekerr

The fusion / FACE MASK combines Cupron antimicrobial material and HEMP BLACKTM / element yarn,these technologies offer a solution to Mask Fatigue and defenseslowing the spread of Covid-19 https://hempblack.com/blogs/in-the-news/what-is-hemp

Jesse M. Pines, M.D.

DrJessePines

1/ Why we can’t wait 'til Halloween for COVID to disappear Vaccine distribution is the #1 worldwide public health issue. Here’s why: we need to stop the daily death toll.

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Lockdowns have an impact, whilst in place they reduce transmission & new infections, they buy time, protect health systems & save lives. Lockdowns do not change the fundamentals of the

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

What role does previous exposure to seasonal coronaviruses play in disease severity for COVID-19?New paper (great thread from @VirusesImmunity below) provides some evidence, but I don't think it can explain

Tom Philpott

tomphilpott

Truly mind-boggling that at this point, with global bird and insect populations under severe pressure, the UN's Food & Ag Organization @FAO would launch an alliance with the ... pesticide

Ben Geisler 😷⬆️

ben_geisler

1/In the German-language part of Twitter, the top-trending hashtag right now is #SterbenmitStreeck- an extremely heated discussion about the scientific work (incl. the "Gangelt study": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19

casey briggs

CaseyBriggs

Short thread: If we had a clear idea of where the virus was spreading in Victoria right now, the state might be able to target localised interventions to restrict transmission.Eg

KitsonJ

KitsonJ1

I really think this is a huge danger. We are getting the vulnerable into enclosed spaces for 15mins minimum, sometimes much longer, with no real idea if someone in the

Florian Krammer

florian_krammer

1) This morning, I shared an enthusiastic tweet about Pfizer's interim results with their COVID-19 vaccine. Let me explain here why am I am so enthusiastic, how the road to

Dr Jenner’s House

DrJennersHouse

Welcome to...The Dr Jenner's House Vaccine Preventable Disease Advent CalendarOver the next 24 days we'll be telling you about 24 different infectious diseases, all of which can be prevented by

Gal Ofir

gaofir

Happy to share results of my last 3 years of work on the Thoeris defense system - an amazing connection between bacterial and plant immunity!https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.06.425286v1 The Thoeris system contains TIR

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