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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This is part of a long-term collaboration between @lshtm.bsky.social, @fiocruz.bsky.social Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, and @yalesph.bsky.social

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This is the first paper in a set of ongoing analyses from a longitudinal cohort in which we are jointly analysing human and animal data, alongside environmental soil samples, to better understand the hidden health burden of T. gondii and how it is transmitted in informal settlements in Brazil.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Poor drainage and sanitation infrastructure, degraded environments around the home, and contact with contaminated sewer or flood water may all facilitate environmental contamination and exposure.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Spatial analyses showed fine-scale clustering of risk, consistent with local environmental and peridomestic transmission, rather than exposure being driven by foodborne transmission. Transmission risk appears to be shaped by social marginalisation and environmental vulnerability.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Instead, it points towards an important role for environmental transmission across the wider community, with #oocysts shed by infected cats potentially contaminating shared environments. This means that ensuring safe animal hygiene practices within households is unlikely to be sufficient.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We also found that most seropositive children, 77%, did not live in households with cats. Cats are the definitive host for T. gondii, but this finding suggests that infection risk was not simply due to direct transmission from cats within the home.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Many girls remained susceptible as they approached reproductive age. Given the high transmission rate in this setting, this is a concern for congenital toxoplasmosis risk.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In our study, nearly half of 728 children and adolescents had evidence of previous exposure. Transmission appeared high throughout childhood and adolescence, with higher exposure among boys.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

#T.gondii is an important #zoonosis because primary infection during pregnancy can cause #congenital #toxoplasmosis, with an estimated global burden of 1.2 million DALYs per year.

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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🌱 Announcing our new symposium, where we'll look at the latest advances in linked environmental & #HealthData research Join us for a day of talks on the latest research, as well as open discussions on challenges and future directions #PublicHealth Register 🔽 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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Ellie Delight @elliedelight.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Excited to share our new research exploring gender and environmental health in four flood-prone communities in Salvador, Brazil. The study examines exposure pathways to leptospirosis through perceptions of disease and high-risk behaviours, using a sex-disaggregated and causally informed approach.

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Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sen...

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

New paper out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org from EHG PhD student @elliedelight.bsky.social exploring how gender, perceptions of disease severity, and behaviours shape zoonotic spillover risk in urban Brazil. See below! 👇

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about #Gaza public health catastrophe Professor Liam Smeeth's letter to the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary urges action to prevent a greater #PublicHealth disaster: 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza on 9 November 2023 amid Israel's bombardment and siege of the enclave, and intense fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas fighters in the north. Credit: Mohammed Zaanoun/TNH

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The intervention is making good progress, but in other areas inadequate drainage and unpaved roads persist, where standing water and mud create reservoirs for environmentally persistent pathogens. These increase the risk of diseases, like leptospirosis, especially during Salvador’s rainy season.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Great morning spent with CONDER officials and collaborators at UFBA’s Institute of Collective Health, reviewing progress on the intervention we're evaluating for our project: ‘Simplified sewerage to interrupt multiple transmission pathways of environmental and zoonotic diseases in urban communities’

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Excellent presentation today by @elliedelight.bsky.social to researchers at the Institute of Collective Health (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) on her PhD studying vulnerability to environmentally persistent zoonoses ('ZAPs' in Portuguese!) during flooding events.

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🚨 New EHG publication! 🚽 Manual pit latrine emptying is vital but costly EHG’s Hiroaki Tomoi, @laurabraun.bsky.social & Oliver Cumming worked with collaborators to identify barriers & enablers to applying a group-based service model to manual emptying 🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🎙️ Check out our interview with @pmasselot.bsky.social and @maxeyre.bsky.social who discuss their recent seminar series focusing on causal inference in environmental epidemiology Read more 🔽 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

👋 Hi Bluesky. We’re the Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at @lshtm.bsky.social We are the hub for data and statistical science in LSHTM, applying our expertise and data science resources to the biggest problems in global health Find out more about us 👇

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Pierre Masselot @pmasselot.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

LSHTM DASH Centre is on Bluesky. We have done a cool seminar series on Causal Inference for Environmental Epidemiology for the Centre so check it out.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Reminder! Tomorrow (Wednesday) @ 3PM (UK) - 3rd DASH @lshtm.bsky.social series talk on Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology! Prof. Brian Reich from NCSU will discuss approaches for mitigating spatial confounding in observational studies. Link below! #CausalInference #spatial #epi

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Reminder! Today @ 3PM (UK) - 2nd DASH series talk on Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology! @lshtm.bsky.social Dr. Heejun Shin & Michael Cork from @harvardchanschool.bsky.social will discuss innovative methods for studying the health effects of air pollution #CausalInference #CausalSky

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Reminder! Today at 3PM (UK) the DASH series on 'Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology' kicks off! @lshtm.bsky.social . Dr Marie-Abèle Bind from @harvardmed.bsky.social will discuss using causal inference to understand how environmental exposures impact health. #CausalInference #CausalSky'

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Antonio Gasparrini @gasparrini.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Seminar series on ‘Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology’ hosted by the DASH Centre, with experts from Harvard, North Carolina State, and LSHTM. First seminar on 22 January (15:00 - 16:00). Info and links: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e... #CausalInference #LSHTM #AirPollution #DataScience

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The Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health brings together data science expertise from across LSHTM to generate new opportunities for research, training and knowledge exchange into policy ...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Eco-epi data collection for our RGHI study with @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social in Salvador has begun! We're collecting soil, water, animal & human samples to study how sanitation in low-income urban areas impacts zoonotic pathogen transmission Read more here: tinyurl.com/3kr73neb @lshtm.bsky.social

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Starter pack of researchers from EHG - the Environmental Health Group at LSHTM. There are >30 of us in EHG and our numbers are growing on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/TjBK8HU

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

EHG is on Bluesky! The Environmental Health Group at @lshtm.bsky.social is a team of ~30 multidisciplinary academics whose research focuses how WASH influences health and wellbeing, and how investments in these services can improve people’s lives. Read more about our work: tinyurl.com/3m4zh4sn

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Environmental Health Group | LSHTM

The focus for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s work on water, sanitation, hygiene and health.

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