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The Lancet Microbe is an #OpenAccess journal publishing innovative and practice-changing research and opinion in clinical #microbiology 🌐 thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/home

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 29d

Our September issue is now online:

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Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #SARS-CoV-2 #HIV #Pneumocystis #tuberculosis #TB #gonorrhoea #Citrobacter #AMR #Salmonella

#IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

Cover of The Lancet Microbe's September issue with a "Light micrograph of a lung sample from an AIDS patient showing cysts of Pneumocystis [jirovecii]".

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Sam Lipworth @samlipworth.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to see this out today in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... We estimate the independent effects of AMR genes on MIC at a drug-bug level and challenge the idea that resistance is a binary phenomenon.

Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli: an observational study

Surveillance and prediction of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli relies on curated databases of genes and mutations. We aimed to quantify the …

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 22h

New research article

Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli: an observational study

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 22h

New research article

Invasive #Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis compared with Streptococcus pyogenes in Australia, 2011–23, and the emergence of a multi-continent stG62647 lineage

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 22h

New research article

Duration of the serological response and effectiveness of the inactivated #influenza #vaccine in healthy adults aged 18–65 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 2d

Shigellosis is the most common cause of invasive bloody diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years.

The prevention of infection with vaccination & sanitation strategies remains a crucial step in reducing worldwide morbidity & mortality.

Find out more ▶️ tinyurl.com/ard69t83

Figure showing the immunopathogenesis of Shigella infection in the colon. MAMPs=microbe-associated molecular patterns. DAMPs=damage-associated molecular patterns. NK=natural killer. Adapted from Schnupf and Sansonetti. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 2d

Want to stay up to date with the latest original research, perspectives and insights in your field? 🏥

Explore our Specialty Collections to stay informed with the most current and relevant content published across The Lancet Group.

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A blue square with the words, "Clinical Resources" and a take on the Rod of Asclepius; a traditional symbol of medicine.

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 5d

New research article

Single-gene transcripts for subclinical #tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 6d

“We want to hear African voices who understand the contextual realities of research, policy making, health systems, and community engagement across a diverse range of settings in the region” - Catherine Draper, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Regional Health – Africa. #MedSky

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 6d

🔔 Introducing The Lancet Regional Health – Africa, a new #goldopenaccess journal promoting the advancement of clinical practice and health policy in Africa.

Explore the new journal at hubs.li/Q03KzMp00 #MedSky

A special preview issue of The Lancet Regional Health – Africa. On the cover is a photograph of a doctor examining a Maasai baby. Copyright: Hugh Sitton/Getty Images

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 6d

New research article

Rapid pan-microbial metagenomics for pathogen detection and personalised therapy in the intensive care unit: a single-centre prospective observational study

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social · 7d

New comment:

Improving antimalarial therapeutic efficacy studies

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Improving antimalarial therapeutic efficacy studies

Malaria, mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum, remains an enormous problem, especially in Africa. For the last two decades, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been recommended for the trea...

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social · 7d

New Personal View:

Reconsidering the clinical assessment of resistance to slowly eliminated antimalarial drugs in high-transmission settings

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Reconsidering the clinical assessment of resistance to slowly eliminated antimalarial drugs in high-transmission settings

Therapeutic efficacy surveillance (TES) is the current WHO recommended method of assessing antimalarial treatment efficacy in vivo. TES has considerable limitations: it is logistically demanding, expe...

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 8d

Good title this:

"Tuberculosis and the perils of historical amnesia"

Good reminder about "...the enduring role of poverty, overcrowding, and substandard housing in sustaining tuberculosis in the present era.."

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Tuberculosis and the perils of historical amnesia

In a recent Comment published in The Lancet, Hans Henri P Kluge emphasised the urgency of addressing drug-resistant tuberculosis in the WHO European region.1 Although the health security framing…

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 14d

Oncolytic viruses have the unique ability to selectively replicate within (and to destroy) cancer cells, offering a promising approach in cancer treatment.

A new Review summarises clinical progress, remaining challenges, & future research directions: tinyurl.com/9667u3ab

Figure showing the production and transplantation of β cells derived from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells. Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 9d

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Rethinking the role of animals in antimicrobial resistance

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 12d

New research article

Rethinking #cholera diagnostic test performance, interpretation, and evaluation: a field-based latent-class analysis in Bangladesh

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 12d

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social · 13d

Read our October issue!

Featuring a trial testing moxidectin for lymphatic filariasis, bedaquiline resistance and tuberculosis outcomes, and a recombinant influenza vaccine for children.

www.thelancet.com/issue/S1473-...

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 14d

New research article

WHO global gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programmes, 2019–22: a retrospective observational study

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 19d

In advance of our October issue, our latest editorial is now online

The CDC "is in trouble, and we need to fix it"

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 19d

In advance of our October issue, our latest editorial is now online

The CDC "is in trouble, and we need to fix it"

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #OpenAccess #OA

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 19d

New research article

Diagnostic accuracy of low-complexity, manual nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of pulmonary and extrapulmonary #tuberculosis in adults and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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#TB #TB-LAMP #OpenAccess #OA

The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 19d

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Detection of #H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in external quality assessment programmes: a #pandemic preparedness initiative

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #Influenza #OpenAccess #OA

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