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Ella Meumann

@ellameumann.bsky.social
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Infectious diseases physician & microbiologist

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Eurosurveillance journal @eurosurveillance.org · 11/06/2026
Thanks to high #vaccination rates, the Northern Territory of #Australia had not seen locally acquired #diphtheria disease since the late 1990s - until cutaneous cases emerged in 2025 and respiratory cases in 2026 Read about the #outbreak ➡️ bit.ly/EUS3123 #IDSky #EpiSky #MicroSky #MedSky 🧪🛟 #HIVSky
Table of content issue 23 in 2026:

Rapid Communication
Diphtheria outbreak, Northern Territory of Australia, 2025 to 2026

Research
Characterising individuals with newly diagnosed HIV before versus during the era of PrEP: a descriptive time-series analysis of data from a sexual health centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015 to 2024
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Ella Meumann @ellameumann.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Treatment of Melioidosis - in this paper, we review the evidence to inform treatment, and approaches to managing complications including side effects, relapse & antimicrobial resistance #idsky #microsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Treatment of Melioidosis
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Respirology @respirology.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Commentary: #Melioidosis in Asia-Pacific Nations: Expanding Boundaries but Unknowns Remain onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Menzies School of Health Research @menziesresearch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Are you a health practitioner working in northern Australia? The Tropical Health Orientation Manual (THOM) 2025 provides best practice advice for diagnosis, identification & treatment of conditions specific to the tropical north. Download: tinyurl.com/ahw6jyk8
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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📣 Medical editors call for #action against the decisions being taken in the #USA undermining #medicine and #science, and international #coordination to preserve what has been built across borders. #IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...
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From medical editors: A call to the global infectious diseases and clinical microbiology community
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.Robert F. Kennedy, Senior
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
At least we don't have to read about this on a federal government website: At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. 🔥🧪
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Mortality impacts of the most extreme heat events - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Extreme heat is increasing in magnitude and frequency, threatening human health. This Review assesses mortality risk associated with extreme heat, revealing that human thermal tolerances (that is, unc...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I ❤️ science! Bedaquiline is an amazing drug for tuberculosis, greatly shortening DR-TB treatment But it also works for leprosy (another ancient mycobacterial infection)! In patients with multibacillary leprosy, bedaquiline cleared M. leprae in 4 weeks www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Ella Meumann @ellameumann.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
In March 2025 I’m running 22km through the takayna wilderness in northwest Tasmania - a fundraising event for the Bob Brown Foundation, to protect the natural environment. Any support much appreciated! takaynatrail2025.raiselysite.com/ella-meumann
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Takayna Trails 2025 : Make a donation today to support Bob Brown Foundation's campaign to protect takayna
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Ella Meumann @ellameumann.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are advertising for a Network Supervising Scientist in Genomics at Territory Pathology (Darwin, Australia) - please get in touch if you are interested! jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDeta...
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Network Supervising Scientist - Genomics
As part of the Territory Pathology leadership team, be the principal scientific authority and manager of Genomics; contributing to the provision of a safe, efficient, clinically responsive, comprehens...
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