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Cesar Ugarte-Gil

@cugartegil.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia| MD from FAMED Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, MSc (Epi) from @lshtm.bsky.social , PhD from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social | opinions and views are mine |

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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Excited to speak at the next #AI4PEP Lecture Series: "Minimalism in AI in Health after the COVID-19 Pandemic" When it comes to AI in healthcare, more is not always better. Sometimes, the best solutions are the simplest—practical, scalable, and built for real-world impact.
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Alvaro Schwalb @aschwalbc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
1/📢 In our new publication, we estimate that in 2022, 134 million people worldwide had a recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and were at high risk of progressing to TB disease. Read the full paper in PLOS Medicine (tinyurl.com/mtbinfection). #TBSky
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Estimating the global burden of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: A mathematical modelling study
Alvaro Schwalb and colleagues conducted a mathematical modelling study to estimate the global burden of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis--that which can cause disease and be transmitted--to help guid...
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Just started with pre symposium from FIND @StopTB at @UnionConference looking forward for incredible research and meeting again with colleagues and friends #WCLH2025 #tuberculosis
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Increase in confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Gaston County, North Carolina, with 17 confirmed infections since mid-2024, up from an annual average of three in previous years. Environmental source not yet identified. spr.ly/63329NFEUf
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
"Then we analysed what the biofilm was made of and found that this pathogen was producing bigger biofilms by including the degraded plastic in this … matrix … P aeruginosa was using the plastic as cement to build a stronger bacterial community." theconversation.com/we-found-a-g...
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We found a germ that ‘feeds’ on hospital plastic – new study
We discovered how a plastic-eating enzyme made a germ more harmful.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Important new BMJ Global Health paper provides a helpful framework to analyze patient journeys and identify major barriers to accessing healthcare gh.bmj.com/content/10/5...
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
#PandemicAccord finally is adopted! A big step forward for humanity and #HealthForAll. Pathogens don’t respect borders — and humanity must stand united against future pandemics and outbreaks.
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Texas reports 4 new cases with continued signs the West Texas measles outbreak which started in February may be slowing down. spr.ly/63323NQySb
measles rash
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TB_UITB & fuiTB @tb-uitb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
En 2 semanas… Ver programa definitivo e inscripciones abiertas hasta el 28 incluído en uitb.cat
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Fundacio unitat d'investigació en tuberculosis a Barcelona – La FUITB fue fundada el 20 de Noviembre 2015 con el fin de generar, desarrollar, apoyar y/o patrocinar, actividades tendentes a prevenir y ...
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
WHO reports a threefold increase in yellow fever cases in the Americas so far in 2025 compared to 2024. beaconbio.org/en/event/?ev...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
3 wonderful new global health books, all FREE to download! www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/... link.springer.com/book/10.1007... www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Global health organizations to follow go.bsky.app/Df5hsLV
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
ORIGINAL DATA: Some of you know there is a significant chikungunya outbreak going on in Indian Ocean region. Our trusted partner Geosentinel Network shares unpublished report of cases in returning travelers from many regional countries suggesting much larger outbreak. beaconbio.org/en/event/?ev...
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BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness.
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Olivier Neyrolles @oneyrolles.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
#Tuberculosis bacteria are evolving how they express, not just what they code. New study reveals Mtb evolves via regulatory mutations, altering virulence gene expression to enhance transmission and drug resistance, highlighting adaptive shifts beyond coding sequence variation. #MicroSky #Evolution
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Hantavirus outbreak with 20 confirmed cases and 7 fatalities in the northern La Paz area in Bolivia beaconbio.org/en/event/?ev...
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BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness.
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TB_UITB & fuiTB @tb-uitb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
XV Jornadas de Enf. Emergentes acreditadas por SNS 👉2-3 junio Auditorio @combarcelona.bsky.social Formato híbrido Programa definitivo e inscripciones: uitb.cat/event/xv-jorna… @salutpublicabcn.bsky.social #ServeisClinics #lokimica #Vircell @abbottnews.bsky.social #EnfEmerg
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Dr. Nahid Bhadelia @bhadeliamd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Genetic characterization of #H5N1 virus from recent human fatality in India confirms clade 2.3.2.1a beaconbio.org/en/event/?ev...
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BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness.
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
10,000 cases in the U.S. every year (and rising). abcnews.go.com/Health/case-...
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Case of tuberculosis confirmed at Florida high school: Officials
Officials have confirmed a tuberculosis case at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's unclear if the patient is a student, faculty member or staff member.
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Yesterday we have a productive meeting with the Peruvian National #Tuberculosis program, with the aim to start a collaboration in TB in #pregnancy research. Unfortunately, is a topic with several evidence gaps in a very vulnerable population and is important to address them 🧵(1/3)
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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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...
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UK NEQAS for Parasitology Study Day
Join us for an enjoyable and informative day of studying parasitology at the UK NEQAS Study Day!
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Finally I finished @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social "Everything is Tuberculosis". A must-read for everyone interested in #tuberculosis . Some comments (food for thought) 🧵(1/4)
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
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John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
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TB_UITB & fuiTB @tb-uitb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Consolidated guidelines on #tuberculosis (@WHO 👉 Screening 👉 preventive treatment 👉 diagnostics 👉 patient support 👉 treatment of drug susceptible TB and 👉 DR-TB iris.who.int/bitstream/hand… @stoptb.bsky.social @tb-alert.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @tbproof.bsky.social @seimc.bsky.social
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Really important contribution by a large number of TB survivors, advocates & researchers! Communities of people affected by TB are experts in their care pathways, but the TB field continues to fall short of meaningfully engaging communities in TB research journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Fighting tuberculosis hand in hand: A call to engage communities affected by TB as essential partners in research
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease closely intertwined with stigma, discrimination, and the social determinants of health. Communities of people affected by TB are experts in their care pathwa...
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
New publication lead by Amy Zheng, Lena Faust and Dr. Leo Martinez at @thelancetph.bsky.social examines the impact of the #COVID-19 pandemic on #tuberculosis (TB) notifications in prisons across Europe and the Americas 🧵(1/3)
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TB_UITB & fuiTB @tb-uitb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
La #TB es la pral. causa infecciosa de muerte en el mundo. La congelación de fondos podría empeorar el escenario La ironía, añadió @kgcastromd.bsky.social, “es que estas desinversiones terminan resultando en un mayor costo para recuperar y mitigar el daño causado” cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/03/30/s...
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La tuberculosis es la principal causa infecciosa de muerte en el mundo. La congelación de fondos podría empeorar el escenario | CNN
El tratamiento de muchos pacientes con tuberculosis contaba con el apoyo de USAID. Ahora, este se ha visto interrumpido por el recorte de amplios fondos de la agencia, lo que podría causar miles de mu...
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Alberto Garcia-Basteiro @agbasteiro.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Changes in incarceration and #tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the #COVID-19 pandemic in Europe & the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data Lower than expected #TB notifications! due to missing diagnoses? Lower transmission? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data
Tuberculosis notifications in prisons from 47 countries in Europe and the Americas were lower than expected (at times >50% lower) during COVID-19 pandemic years, despite consistent incarceration level...
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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Team #Immunosky & #TBSky, do look into / share this fantastic postdoc opportunity to investigate human T cell responses in TB with @mnoursad.bsky.social & team! Great place to work, and, as photo shows below, it's always sunny in London! 😎😉 #tuberculosis #vaccines #IDSky @uclmedsci.bsky.social
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TB_UITB & fuiTB @tb-uitb.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
El frágil control de la tuberculosis: 👉 Cada vez hay más novedades en cuanto a diagnóstico y tratamiento, pero en lugar de bajar los casos, aumentamos. Estamos fallando en diagnóstico temprano, en estudio de contactos y en cumplimiento de tratamientos www.eldiario.es/1_b996ef?utm...
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El frágil control de la tuberculosis se resquebraja en el mundo: España revisa su plan para revertir el ascenso de casos
La OMS avisa de que los recortes en financiación de programas contra la enfermedad de países como Estados Unidos ya empiezan a interrumpir el acceso a los servicios de prevención, detección y tratamie...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
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WHO @who.int · 24/03/2025
Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable! TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB. Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
Tuberculosis treatment
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
For this #WorldTBDay finally I got my copy of @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social “Everthing is Tuberculosis” . I hope more and more people get in this fight against #tuberculosis 💪🏽
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WHO @who.int · 24/03/2025
Today is #WorldTBDay. #Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs. Common symptoms include ❗️ Cough ❗️ Chest pains ❗️ Weight loss ❗️ Fever ❗️ Night sweats Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
What is tuberculosis (TB)?
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WHO @who.int · 24/03/2025
It's #WorldTBDay. To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB. Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
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UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmbspph.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It’s World TB Day—time to clear up some myths! Dr. Cesar Ugarte-Gil shares crucial insights on why TB is still an urgent global health issue. 🔬🌍 utmb.us/dqq #WorldTBDay #TBfacts #UTMBSPPH
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Professor H R Stagg (she/her/hers) @hr-stagg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It's World TB Day today and one of my favourite work events of the year, jointly shared between LSHTM and UCL. This is Dr Eliud Wandwalo making a critical plea for Global Fund replenishment. Desperately needed to save lives.
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World Health Organization Western Pacific Region @whowpro.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It's #WorldTBDay. #Tuberculosis is caused by a type of bacteria that spread through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze or spit. It mainly affects the lungs, but can also impact other parts of the body. Seek medical attention if you have a: 🔸prolonged cough 🔸fever 🔸unexplained weight loss
Illustrations of lungs and other organs with text that reads what is tuberculosis? TB is caused by a type of bacteria. It spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit. TB main affets the lungs but can also impact other parts of the body. Symptoms include cough fever and weight loss. TB is curable! Contact your healthcare provider if you show symptoms, are a close contact of a TB patient, belong to a high risk group including those who are immunocompromised, undernourished and children
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Samuel G. Schumacher @sgschumacher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Last year we released WHO Guidance on evidence generation (GEG) on new regimens for #TB treatment — a first-of-its-kind document that provides advise on how evidence should be generated to optimally inform WHO guideline development: bsky.app/profile/sgsc... www.who.int/publications...
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Tom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
NEW COMMENT! TB trials with purely microbiological primary endpoints give greater weight to outcomes that matter most, generalise better to non trial settings, are less biased if regimens differ in duration, and are often better powered #IDSky @catherineberry.bsky.social @sgschumacher.bsky.social
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
World Tuberculosis Day webinar on 24 March Please join us! @partnersinhealth.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @tbppm.bsky.social @pihcanada.bsky.social act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
“The United States did not pay for all the TB care in Kenya, but it funded critical pieces. And when those were frozen, it was enough to bring the entire system to a halt” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health theconversation.com/from-tb-to-h...
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From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health
Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In the month of World TB Day (24th March) I want to share our commentary in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social leaded by Dr. Garcia-Bereguiain where we discuss the increased number of TB cases in South America #tuberculosis #GlobalHealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“The end TB strategy” pathway in South America: out of track for 2025 milestones and 2035 eradication
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Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In a measles outbreak, children as young as 6 months can be vaccinated early and then vaccinated again per the regular schedule. This is an extra vaccine and does not count towards the two they should have. publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to...
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What to Know About Measles and Vaccines | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Experts worry that misinformation and falling vaccination rates could cause measles outbreaks to become more common in the U.S.
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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New comment A case for global standardisation of genomics and wastewater-based epidemiology www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Cesar Ugarte-Gil @cugartegil.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our last commentary (student/faculty at @utmbspph.bsky.social and other global col.) about the urgency to have DST for new TB drugs to avoid “burning fast” them. BPaL and other short oral regimens are implemented fast (💪🏽), so we need a close drug resistance surveillance #tuberculosis #GlobalHealth
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Five years on: The countries that never locked down for #COVID-19 @adamjkucharski.bsky.social tells BBC Future why #lockdowns were vital for saving lives, limiting pressure on health services & controlling transmission.😷 www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Five years on: The countries that never locked down for Covid-19
Most of the world went into lockdowns in March 2020 response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but what has been the impact in those that didn't impose strict restrictions?
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Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute @tephi-tx.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
In light of the latest measles outbreak, we're hosting a special virtual live forum. Hear from a panel of experts as they provide an update on the outbreak, discuss transmission, symptoms, and prevention, and answer questions in a Q&A session. Register: go.uth.edu/TEPHI_MeaslesForum
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