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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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#ecdc #hiv #tb #viralhepatitis | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
How do we make sure that health services are designed around people's needs? Two new European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports show that community-based approaches are helping...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Plasmodium falciparum infections and number needed to screen among refugees arriving from Sub-Saharan Africa 🌍 🦟 🩸 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41732795/
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Plasmodium falciparum infections and number needed to screen among refugees arriving from Sub-Saharan Africa - PubMed
Modelled estimates of P. falciparum rates in newly arrived refugees correspond to previously reported screening parasite prevalence in SSA migrant populations. A low number of migrants need to be screened to detect one case in populations arriving from high-moderate transmission areas. These estimat …
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
ESCMID ESGITM executive committee elections are ongoing! Cast your vote through: my.escmid.org
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Join ESGCP's and ESGITM's Parasite Morphology Hub Webinar: "Parasite morphology masterclass" 🔬 30. Oct., 14:00 CEST Talk 1: Puzzling protozoa Talk 2: Weird/esoteric cases involving histology Talk 3: Taking apart a trematode Talk 4: Decoding Parasite Clues us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGCP and ESGITM Parasite Morphology Hub Webinar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Parasite morphology masterclass Talk 1 Puzzling protozoa 25 + 5 minutes Bobbi Pritt. Rochester, Minnesota Talk 2 Worms I have known: weird/esoteric cases involving histology 25 + 5 minutes Blaine Ma...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Don't forget to register for our updoming webinar organized by ESGITM & ESGMYC: "Tuberculosis among migrants" Date & Time 📅 📷: Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Looking forward to meeting you there! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGITM & ESGMYC: Tuberculosis among migrants. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Description Organised by: ESGITM and ESGMYC Chairs Dr Daria Podlekareva, Cph, DK and Christian Wejse, Aarhus, DK Topics and speakers 1. Tuberculosis outcome for migrant...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Save the date!
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Don't forget to register!
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Join ESGCP's and ESGITM's Parasite Morphology Hub Webinar: "Parasite morphology masterclass" 🔬 30. Oct., 14:00 CEST Talk 1: Puzzling protozoa Talk 2: Weird/esoteric cases involving histology Talk 3: Taking apart a trematode Talk 4: Decoding Parasite Clues us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGCP and ESGITM Parasite Morphology Hub Webinar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Parasite morphology masterclass Talk 1 Puzzling protozoa 25 + 5 minutes Bobbi Pritt. Rochester, Minnesota Talk 2 Worms I have known: weird/esoteric cases involving histology 25 + 5 minutes Blaine Ma...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Don't forget to register for our updoming webinar organized by ESGITM & ESGMYC: "Tuberculosis among migrants" Date & Time 📅 📷: Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Looking forward to meeting you there! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGITM & ESGMYC: Tuberculosis among migrants. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Description Organised by: ESGITM and ESGMYC Chairs Dr Daria Podlekareva, Cph, DK and Christian Wejse, Aarhus, DK Topics and speakers 1. Tuberculosis outcome for migrant...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Check out this new artivle by one our EC member Caroline Rönnberg: Clinical Findings in Migrants With Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
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Clinical Findings in Migrants With Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections
Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections are prevalent in malaria endemic areas and may persist in migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, with potentially negative he
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Join ESGCP's and ESGITM's Parasite Morphology Hub Webinar: "Parasite morphology masterclass" 🔬 30. Oct., 14:00 CEST Talk 1: Puzzling protozoa Talk 2: Weird/esoteric cases involving histology Talk 3: Taking apart a trematode Talk 4: Decoding Parasite Clues us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGCP and ESGITM Parasite Morphology Hub Webinar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Parasite morphology masterclass Talk 1 Puzzling protozoa 25 + 5 minutes Bobbi Pritt. Rochester, Minnesota Talk 2 Worms I have known: weird/esoteric cases involving histology 25 + 5 minutes Blaine Ma...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Don't forget to register for our updoming webinar organized by ESGITM & ESGMYC: "Tuberculosis among migrants" Date & Time 📅 📷: Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Looking forward to meeting you there! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGITM & ESGMYC: Tuberculosis among migrants. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Description Organised by: ESGITM and ESGMYC Chairs Dr Daria Podlekareva, Cph, DK and Christian Wejse, Aarhus, DK Topics and speakers 1. Tuberculosis outcome for migrant...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Don't forgt to register for our updoming webinar organized by ESGITM & ESGMYC: "Tuberculosis among migrants" Date & Time 📅 ⏰: Oct 21, 2025 12:30 PM CET Link 🔗 : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
NEJM Editorial: Ivermectin against #Malaria — Good News in Bad Times 🦟 🪱 nej.md/4lKsNq4
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Watch out for geckos!! 🦎 archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=h...
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Archive App | CDC
Archived web material for CDC.gov is preserved on the CDC Archive Site
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
#Diphtheria is reemerging. Let's understand together why 👇🧠
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Congratulations #Senegal ! #trachoma #elimination 🇸🇳🥳👁️
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Don't forget the #plague! (Now in Arizona, with low risk of transmission to the general public) 🐦‍⬛🧑‍⚕️🐀 🫁 www.coconino.az.gov/DocumentCent...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
As #travel docs, we can't forget about #AMR either! 🦠 🧬 🧳 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
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Cross-border spread of a mosaic resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network investigation, Europe, F...
An investigation of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network (EURGen-Net) detected the same mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in 4...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"Though #mpox cases are falling in two of the region's high-burden countries, officials from the #AfricaCDC are tracking rises in several other nations, including #Burundi, #Uganda, #Ghana, #Kenya, #Liberia, and #Guinea, a top official said today" 🌍 😷
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Mpox cases rise in handful of Africa's outbreak countries
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
First #malaria treatment approved for newborns and young infants 🌱 🐥 💊 www.cidrap.umn.edu/malaria/firs...
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First malaria treatment approved for newborns, young infants
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Congratulations on efforts to make #Suriname #malaria free! 🦟 🥂 www.who.int/news/item/30...
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Suriname certified malaria-free by WHO
Today, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
ETEC is one of the leading cause of morbidity in travellers, but there is still more to discover about it. 🦠 Check out this article: academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
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Epidemiological and clinical features of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) diarrhea in an urban slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes significant diarrheal illness, especially in young children and older adults. A study in Dhaka, Bangladesh,
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Check our this new public health guidance for assessing and mitigating the risk of locally-acquired Aedes-borne viral diseases in the EU/EEA 🦟 🦟 🦟 www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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Public health guidance for assessing and mitigating the risk of locally-acquired Aedes-borne viral diseases in the EU/EEA
This guidance provides key information on Aedes-borne viruses, the principles of the laboratory diagnosis of these viruses and the epidemiology of Aedes-borne viral disease in Europe.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great collaboration on #yellowfever by our and other study groups! 🦟 🟡 🤒
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Another step via an effective #leishmania vaccine. 💉Read more below 👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40588734/?ut...
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Expression and immunogenicity evaluation of a novel Lentiviral multi- epitope vaccine against Leishmania major in BALB/c mice - PubMed
Our results revealed that immunization with the novel rLV-multi-epitope vaccine could stimulate the immune system toward Th1 by increasing the production of IFN-γ and IgG2a opsonin antibody.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New polio cases in 3 countries: Angola, Niger, Benin. Along France's first mainland chikungunya case of the year. Read more on the link: www.cidrap.umn.edu/chikungunya/...
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Quick takes: New polio cases in 3 countries, chikungunya in France, cholera vaccine campaign in Sudan
The cholera outbreak in Sudan's Khartoum State has resulted in 16,000 cases and 239 deaths since May.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
You can access our latest webinar about leishmaniasis in Syria through the ESCMID website: media.escmid.org/login?return...
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ESCMID Media: Login
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Thanks for all the speakers, panelists and participants for making this webinar so instructive! The recording eill soon be available on the ESCMID website.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Health Risk Assessment associated with the yellow fever situation in the Americas Region - 23 May 2025 🟡 🤒 Read more on the link below: www.paho.org/en/documents...
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Health Risk Assessment associated with the yellow fever situation in the Americas Region - 23 May 2025
This rapid risk assessment (RRA) aims to assess the current public health risk associated with the increase in yellow fever cases in 2025 in endemic countries of the Americas Region.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Join us for the upcoming ESGCP and ESGITM Webinar Leishmaniasis in the face of internal unrest and conflicts in Syria 4 June 2025 at 12:00 - 15:00 CET More info and registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Leishmaniasis in the face of internal unrest and conflicts in Syria . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
ESGITM and ESGCP Web Symposium This webinar organized by ESGCP, ESGITM and WHO aims to shed light on leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease that continues to cause significant health challenges,...
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to whole cucumbers The outbreak has sickened 26 people in 15 states and is linked to a grower and distributor in Florida. www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
First-ever global #WHO guidelines on diagnosis, treatment and care for meningitis 🥇 🧠 www.who.int/news/item/10...
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WHO launches first-ever guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care, aiming to speed up detection, ensure timely treatment, and improv...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The 78th #WHO World Health Assembly starts today! www.who.int/about/govern...
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Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly
The 78th World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19–27 May 2025. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member ...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Partnership makes us stronger 💪
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#mpox cases rising in Sierra Leone according to the report of the head of the #Africa Centre for Disease Control ( #AfricaCDC ) www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/mpox-ac...
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Mpox activity escalates in Sierra Leone
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Congratulations, Caroline Rönnberg (our EC member) on presenting at the Nordic Public Health Conference in Gothenburg! Title of presentation: "Improving migrant health by screening for malariay schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in migrants from Africa"
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#Measles cases rising in #England too! 😷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Important alert: " #FDA and #CDC Recommend Pause in Use of #Ixchiq ( #Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) in Individuals 60 Years of Age and Older While Postmarketing Safety Reports are Investigated" 💉 🦟 www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
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FDA and CDC Recommend Pause in Use of Ixchiq in Individuals 60 Years..
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are recommending a pause in the use of Ixchiq (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) in individuals 60 years of age...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Let's update our knowledge about #Oropuche together! 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Emergence of Oropouche Fever: A Potential New Threat?
Oropouche fever, caused by the Oropouche virus (OROV), has become a significant public health concern. Recent outbreaks highlight its increasing globa…
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Morphological diagnosis in #parasitology is at risk of disappearance. Thus, there is a need to maintain and pass on skills in parasite morphology. To provide a base for this initiative, #ESCMID Global is hosting a Parasite Morphology Hub (PMH) in its #ESGCP and #ESGITM study groups. Details 👇
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Learn more about the ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM), including objectives, activities, resources and more.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thus the quest against TB continues.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It was great meeting all of you in the #ESGITM study group meeting in Vienna @ #ESCMIDGlobal 2026
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Save the date: web symposium organized by ESGITM abd ESGCP "Leishmaniasis in the face of internal unrest and conflicts in Syria" Date & Time: Jun 4, 2025 12:00 PM CET Program and registration below: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Leishmaniasis in the face of internal unrest and conflicts in Syria . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
ESGITM and ESGCP Web Symposium This webinar organized by ESGCP, ESGITM and WHO aims to shed light on leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease that continues to cause significant health challenges,...
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Which #emerging infectious diseases are likely to be the biggest problem in 2025? Can you guess the top 3? www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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Which infectious disease is likely to be the biggest emerging problem in 2025?
Three existing human infections are causing the greatest concern, but H5N1 bird flu is also worrying human and animal health experts.
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#Uganda declares end of #Ebola outbreak! Great news! 💪 www.afro.who.int/countries/ug...
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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak
Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala.
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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
An important message to kick off #WorldImmunizationWeek on the increase in vaccine preventable diseases from WHO, UNICEF and Gavi. Vaccines are one of humanity's greatest achievements and it is important that we support this field. ow.ly/W0Oc50VH0Iu #VaccinesWork #IDSky #Clinmicro
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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents and adults at r...
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Dr Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales MD MSc DTM&H FACE FISAC HonDSc @drajrodriguezm.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Dinner with the ESGITM and ESGCP EC and ESGCP #ESCMIDGlobal2025 #ESCMIDGlobal #escmid @escmid.bsky.social @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social
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ESCMID ESGITM @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Not so good news about #tecovirimat for the treatment 9f clade I #mpox 💊 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Tecovirimat for Clade I MPXV Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo | NEJM
Tecovirimat is available for the treatment of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in Europe and the United States, on the basis of findings from efficacy studies in animals and safety evaluations in...
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