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MD, FACP, FIDSA. USPHS (ret). Infectious disease doc. Professor of Medicine. Retweets not endorsement, opinions own.

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · Jul 24

August issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases is now online!

Theme is "Mpox and other viral diseases."

Articles on spillover events, microsporidiosis acquired in the Sea of Galilee, and Mpox.

Our cover: "The Pockmarked Face of the Comte de Mirabeau", the scars of smallpox.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - CDC

Emerging Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed, monthly journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It offers global health professionals the latest scientific informat...

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Patrick Ching @patrickching.bsky.social · Sep 4

Chagas disease is endemic in the United States. Full stop.

"Labeling the US as non–Chagas disease–endemic perpetuates low awareness and underreporting"

#IDSky #MedSky #Chagas

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Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States

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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · Sep 1

Increasing evidence of T. cruzi parasites in the United States in triatomine insects, domestic animals, wildlife, and humans challenges Chagas’ nonendemic label in US.

Autochthonous human cases have been reported in 8 states… #IDSky

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Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States

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Scott Weese @scottweese.bsky.social · Aug 28

Rabies in an unmanaged cat colony.

No human cases but a large investigation.

Cat colonies aren't going away so we should manage them better. The amount of $ spent for this investigation could have covered a lot of spay/neuter/vaccination.
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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · Aug 26

“People are relying too much on these text-extruding machines, and that will corrupt the scientific record”

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ChatGPT tends to ignore retractions on scientific papers

Study finds the chatbot doesn’t acknowledge concerns with problematic studies

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · Aug 20

"..our findings highlight spread of WNV into northern France during the mosquito season. This new area of WNV circulation is a concern for physicians managing infected patients but also for blood, cell, or organ donations for which qualified donors are needed.."
#idsky
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Two Cases of Autochthonous West Nile Virus Encephalitis, Paris, France, 2025

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 16

Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.

1. David Ackerly (UC Berkeley)

While his most-cited work is on leaf size and SLA, he also wrote explicitly about plasticity in leaf traits, including shape, in the context of ecological strategies.

Example: Ackerly (1997), “Allocation, leaf display, and growth in fluctuating light environments: A comparative study of deciduous and evergreen species” (Oecologia). This emphasizes how plasticity in leaf traits mediates adaptation to light.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Aug 16

“Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several countries who may have been exposed to rabies in bat-infested cabins in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park over the past few months.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins in Grand Teton National Park

As of Friday, none of the bats found in some of the eight linked cabins at Jackson Lake Lodge had tested positive for rabies.

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