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Alejandra Mendoza

@alemendoza.bsky.social
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Transplant Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor at University of Utah via Mayo Clinic and U of Miami. Respiratory viruses, PJP and CMV but also in love with art, history and travel, 🇪🇨

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
OFID recognizes Maria Mendoza, MD, for being one of the journal’s top reviewers. Dr. Mendoza is an ID physician and assistant professor at the University of Utah, specializing in transplant ID. Learn how to receive recognition and rewards as a peer reviewer: bit.ly/4aoKJ6S
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Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Is there a fungus amongst us? Dr. Fungus App for medical mycology on your phone. Apple iOS Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/dr-fu... Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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‎Dr. Fungus
‎The Dr. Fungus app serves as a companion to the official Dr. Fungus website, the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium resource for fungal disease education. This app provides up-to-d...
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Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease @tainfdis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
First reported case of Mycoplasma hominis prosthetic valve endocarditis + endophthalmitis post-renal transplant. ✅ Diagnosed by plasma cfDNA mNGS after culture-negative workup ✅ Managed with surgery + doxy/levo journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Mycoplasma hominis prosthetic valve infective endocarditis and endophthalmitis in a renal transplant recipient: a case report - Hutton Brandon, Daniel Montelongo-Jauregui, Neeraja Swaminathan, 2025
Mycoplasma hominis is a rare cause of infective endocarditis, typically reported in immunocompetent patients following valve replacement. We report the first ca...
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mpereiramd.bsky.social @mpereiramd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Excited to announce a new opportunity for those interested in advancing their careers in TID! Columbia and Cornell now offer a combined advanced TID fellowship! Check us out and apply! @rosypriya.bsky.social @txidfellows.bsky.social www.infectiousdiseases.cuimc.columbia.edu/education/ad...
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Advanced Fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases (TID)
Explore our one-year Advanced Fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases, offering expert training across Columbia, Weill Cornell, and NewYork-Presbyterian.
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Brad Gardiner @bradgardiner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
pleased to share our latest study showing that absolute lymphocyte count and donor serostatus can predict CMV within R+ lung transplant recipients! journals.lww.com/transplantjo...
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Global Immune Biomarkers and Donor Serostatus Can Predict... : Transplantation
on the mitogen component of the QuantiFERON (QF)-CMV assay and the absolute lymphocyte count (ALC). Methods. R+ LTR with QF-CMV testing performed at 5 mo posttransplant were included. ALC and mitog...
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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
We need more antifungals, so good to see these new data. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Olorofim for the treatment of invasive fungal diseases in patients with few or no therapeutic options: a single-arm, open-label, phase 2b study
Olorofim showed efficacy and good tolerability in patients with IFD with few or no treatment options. Further studies will be needed to fully delineate the role of this new antifungal agent.
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Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD @jschaenmanmd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New guidance on measles prevention, diagnosis, and donor assessment from the @astinfo.bsky.social IDCOP @ast-idcop.bsky.social - downtown and share with your transplant colleagues today www.myast.org/resources/me... #IDSky #TIDSky
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Measles Guidance Document for the Transplant Community
Make a difference in the field of transplantation by donating to support our cause.
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FungalDoc AKA Andrej Spec @fungaldoc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Next month, we will be publishing the next edition of our textbook, the Comprehensive Review of Infectious Disease. We have taken lots of feedback from the first edition, and we have made it better! www.amazon.com/Comprehensiv...
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Comprehensive Review of Infectious Diseases
Comprehensive Review of Infectious Diseases [Spec MD MSCI, Andrej, Escota MD, Gerome, Davies MBBS MD MSc FRCPath MRCP FHEA PG Cert MedEd, Bethany, O’Halloran MB BCh BAO PhD, Jane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Comprehensive Review of Infectious Diseases
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FungalDoc AKA Andrej Spec @fungaldoc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This edition will also have a separate book of board style questions that you can use to study for your boards! www.amazon.com/Comprehensiv...
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Comprehensive Self-Assessment in Infectious Disease: Questions and Answers
Comprehensive Self-Assessment in Infectious Disease: Questions and Answers [Spec MD MSCI, Andrej, Escota MD, Gerome, Davies MBBS MD MSc FRCPath MRCP FHEA PG Cert MedEd, Bethany, O’Halloran MB BCh BAO PhD, Jane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Comprehensive Self-Assessment in Infectious Disease: Questions and Answers
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Ricardo M. La Hoz @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The Measles Guidance Document for the Transplant Community by @ast-idcop.bsky.social is now live! It’s a concise and practical resource with key information. A must-read for anyone involved in transplant care. @kottonnelson.bsky.social @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social www.myast.org/resources/me...
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Measles Guidance Document for the Transplant Community
Make a difference in the field of transplantation by donating to support our cause.
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Alejandra Mendoza @alemendoza.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Happy to share our specialty podcast, discussing H5N1 (bird flu) in SOT. Thank you @amjtransplant.bsky.social for the opportunity and to @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social for helping us navigate this topic, and @mpereiramd.bsky.social for the mentorship podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Bird Flu and Transplant Patients: Emerging Risks and Clinical Insights
Podcast Episode · AJT Highlights · 05/28/2025 · 32m
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Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD @jschaenmanmd.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Love this visual abstract- perfect summary of the latest CMV 🦠 guidelines brought to you by @ttsorg.bsky.social - an honor to have been part of this effort on the immunology side ! @kottonnelson.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social #TIDSky #IDSky
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Takahiro Matsuo (Taka), MD @takamatsuo-id.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
【Hepatic Mucormycosis】 Excited to share our latest review on hepatic mucormycosis! 👉N=40, 1990-2025 👉histopathology (73%), culture positivity was low (36%) Big congratulations to Hazim for leading the effort! @mdanderson.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/11...
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Anna Apostolopoulou @annaapostolopoulou.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
⭐Early Career Mycology aficionados⭐: Join us tomorrow for the MSGERC @msgerc.bsky.social Early Career Kickoff Call at 1pm EST! us02web.zoom.us/j/8620666210... Meeting ID: 862 0666 2105 Passcode: 083030 Not an MSGERC member but interested in joining? Check out msgerc.org/membership-a...
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Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists - SIDP @sidpharm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Stay tuned for the first @cmicomms.bsky.social & #Breakpoints collaboration episode on Sun, May 4th 6PM US EST/Mon May 5th 12 AM CET. Hosts Angela Huttner & Erin McCreary interview SNAP trial investigators, Steven Tong &Joshua Davis, on PSSA and MSSA domain results shared at 2025 ESCMID Global.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join us May 15 to discuss measles and the immunocompromised host - all are welcome! ichs.wildapricot.org/page-1863368
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International Immunocompromised Host Society - New Upcoming - Measles Educational Session on May 15, 2025
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Sirus Jesudasen, MD @sirusjj.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If our lung transplant recipients 🫁♻️ do develop RSV resulting in admission, how do things go? Younger age and oral ribavirin each associated with use of mechanical ventilation 💨; no clear risk factors for 90d mortality ~ Dr. Mendoza (Utah) @alemendoza.bsky.social
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Please join us this Friday at 3 PM EST for an update on the updated CMV in solid organ transplant guidelines and great discussion on the nuances. Submit questions to us during the live stream.
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Ricardo M. La Hoz @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Looking for a comprehensive review of measles in solid organ transplantation? #TTS #TID organized a webinar that will get your prepared! It is on 🔥 @kottonnelson.bsky.social @jobadd.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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20250314-TTS-EC
This is "20250314-TTS-EC" by TTS on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD @jschaenmanmd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
We are hiring #TxID #TxIDSky faculty at @ucla-id-fellowship.bsky.social @domucla.bsky.social - come join our dynamic and collaborative group to battle infection in sunny Los Angeles! @ast-idcop.bsky.social See link for description and please reach out with questions! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09517
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Clinical Positions in Transplant Infectious Diseases 2024-2025
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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Michael G. Ison, MD MS @michaelisonmd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Do you have ideas for sessions about infections in immunocompromised hosts for @escmid.bsky.social Global 2026? ESGICH is looking for people to help with session planning and concepts. To participate in the planning: forms.gle/1gAUw3UuBdxk... To submit a concept: forms.gle/SyFjuxnbUuCD...
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ESGICH Planning Committee for 2026 ESCMID Global
This will be a small working group to help develop proposals for ESGICH to propose for the 2026 ESCMID Global Program. If you are interested in help, please complete the form below. This will be o...
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Alejandra Mendoza @alemendoza.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Take a look at our NEJM clinical problem solving case 😄 can you guess the diagnosis?
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Michael G. Ison, MD MS @michaelisonmd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨Are you a trainee and part of ESGICH with an accepted abstract ESCMID Global 2025?🚨 Submit an application for 1 of 4 500€ awards! Deadline February 28 12am CET docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Nischal Ranganath @nischalr3.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@ofidjournal.bsky.social Take a read of our recent study assessing use of mcfDNA-NGS relative to standard testing in the workup of FUO. Molecular testing offered earlier time to diagnosis and some interesting non-hypothesis driven diagnoses. academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
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From Chart Biopsy to Liquid Biopsy: Evaluating the Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Impact of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Next-Generation Sequencing in the Management of Fever of Unknown Origin
Microbial cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing (mcfDNA-NGS) had a positive diagnostic impact in 30% of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO). Pre
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Transplant Infectious Disease Journal @thetxidjournal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We are always looking for people willing to be reviewers for the journal - we have developed this survey to let you tell us if you are willing to be a reviewer and what topics you’d like to review for @TheTxIDjournal! docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ns4...
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Transplant Infectious Disease Journal Reviewer Survey
The Transplant Infectious Disease Journal is looking for reviewers for the journal and to get more details about our current reviewers. As such, if you are interested in helping the Journal with revi...
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Michael G. Ison, MD MS @michaelisonmd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Incredible progress - 77% of infants had some protection against RSV in the 2023-2024 season! RSV is the leading cause of acute respiratory illness and hospitalization in infants. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Uptake of Maternal RSV Vaccination and Infant Nirsevimab
This cohort study examines uptake of maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination and infant receipt of nirsevimab during the early period of availability for these medications.
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Transplant Infectious Disease Journal @thetxidjournal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Single center data on outcomes in patients with Blastomycosis in SOT/HCT - rare but of those who develop disease, >25% 1 year mortality, and 21% attributable mortality. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Outcomes Associated With Blastomycosis in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients
In this retrospective single center case series, we found that while rates of blastomycosis remain low among SOT and HCT recipients, infection is associated with poor posttransplant outcomes. Antigen...
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John Baddley @jobadd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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Predictors of Cryptococcus gattii clinical presentation and outcome: An international study
AbstractBackground. Infection by Cryptococcus gattii can lead to pulmonary or central nervous system (CNS) disease, or both. Whether site of infection and
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Michael G. Ison, MD MS @michaelisonmd.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
It was an honor to write this contextualizing editorial with @drjeannem.bsky.social for the @nejm.bsky.social along with 2 important reports of recent human cases of influenza A(H5N1). #H5N1 #IDSky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🧵1/3
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The Emerging Threat of H5N1 to Human Health | NEJM
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) emerged in 1997.1 Since then, it has spread globally by migratory birds, resulting in infections in animals on every continent. HPAI A(H5N1) clade 2...
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Joseph Sassine @josephsassinemd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
First post on #IDSky We have an ID fellowship opening at the University of Oklahoma @ou.edu, starting July 2025. Two-year program, with great exposure to HIV, transplant ID and surgical infections, and above all, great people to train with! DM me for details! medicine.ouhsc.edu/academic-dep...
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Fellowship Opportunities
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 10/12/2024
On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD #MedSky #IDSky
Published on This Day in 1981.  
Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia and Mucosal Candidiasis in Previously Healthy Homosexual Men — Evidence of a New Acquired Cellular Immunodeficiency  

An illustration showing the reproductive cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and sites of action of the major classes of antiretroviral medications.  

The NEJM identity sits at the bottom.
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Pascalis Vergidis, MD @pascalisid.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Aspergillus ustus tracheobronchitis. Necrotic debris within the airways. One month post-transplant for ILD. Breakthrough on posaconazole prophylaxis (level 832 ng/mL). Susceptibilities are pending. How would you treat?
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Neeraja Swaminathan @neerajaswaminathan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🚨 2 Open ID Fellowship Spots at the University of Utah! 🚨 🏥 State-of-the-art hospital 🌄 Live the good life in stunning Salt Lake City 👥 Train with amazing people who truly care 📩 Apply: Adele.Hamilton@hsc.utah.edu & Adrienne.Carey@hsc.utah.edu 🔁 Please amplify #InfectiousDiseases #IDsky
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Alejandra Mendoza @alemendoza.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
100% recommended! A great learning experience
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The ACIP 2025 vaccine schedule for adults by medical condition (as well as age) is now available - with some great updates www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
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Alejandra Mendoza @alemendoza.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Alejandra Mendoza @alemendoza.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Love all the links from Bluesky open directly in my chrome ! 🙌 #IDsky
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Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA @docdelrio.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Excellent review on Candida auris infection in NEJM today www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Candida auris Infections | NEJM
C. auris, a serious public health threat that may have emerged because of climate change, persists on human skin and inanimate objects, frequently causing difficult-to-control outbreaks in health c...
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Homelessness and Organ Donor–Derived Bartonella quintana Infection Perspective by Henderson et al in Emerging Infectious Diseases #TxID #IDSky wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
life cycle of body louseFramework for preventing transplant-derived Bartonella quintana infection
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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New virtual meeting for Immunocompromised Host Society: Addressing the Landscape of CMV Management in Transplant Recipients. Free to members or $25 plus a free membership for those not already members! Forward on to your residents, fellows, grad students, and international colleagues #TxID #CMV
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Transplant Infectious Disease Journal @thetxidjournal.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Congratulations to @nischalr3.bsky.social and his team for their paper being selected as the @thetxidjournal.bsky.social 2024 Bob Rubin Clinical Impact Awardee - this award selects the paper felt to have the biggest impact on clinical care in #TxID! #IDSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Evaluating antimicrobial duration for Gram‐negative bacteremia in patients with neutropenia due to hematologic malignancy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
In the management of immunocompromised patients with neutropenia and Gram-negative bloodstream infection, short antimicrobial courses (≤10 days) had comparable propensity score-adjusted 90-day outcom...
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Alfred Luk @alukmd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Transplant at Tulane is growing! We’re also starting a thoracic transplant program. Looking for an experienced transplant ID physician to join me and our team at @TulaneMedicine . DM for questions apply.interfolio.com/157421 #TxID #IDSky @txidfellows.bsky.social
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The Transplantation Society will host a webinar on CMV immunodiagnostics and solid organ transplantation on December 4 at 9 AM Montreal time. I will be the moderator, with terrific speakers. Join us! secure-web.cisco.com/11rBOuNx6aRI...
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TTS-Qiagen Webinar - December 4, 2024
The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation: development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education, guidance ...
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Alejandra Mendoza @alemendoza.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi there! We made the move to 🦋
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