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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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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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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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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 16

I would take this very seriously if contacted. Rabies can have a very long incubation time before symptoms develop. Post exposure prophylaxis administered in a timely manner is very effective.

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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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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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Aug 13

Without standard definition, long COVID remains a puzzle

The number of symptoms included in the studies ranged from 9 to 44.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Aug 13

Study highlights antifungal use in US hospitals

Data from 412 US hospitals from 2018 through 2023 show 4.5% of patients received an antifungal, a finding researchers say warrants a specific focus on antifungal stewardship.

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · Aug 13

🦟 West Nile virus in Europe

As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year.

📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.

Monthly updates: Seasonal surveillance in humans and animals in 2025 for West Nile virus

Monthly updates with the latest reports on West Nile virus cases in Europe.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Aug 13

Earlier this year… “In this case report, we present a young adult with a history of chronic e-cigarette use diagnosed with pulmonary blastomycosis. The patient’s young age, lack of underlying health conditions… along with ambiguous imaging findings, posed a significant diagnostic challenge.”

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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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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · Jun 19

#JustPublished!

Rapid Risk Assessment: Multi-country outbreak of #hepatitisA in the EU/EEA.

The spike in cases has been reported across Austria, Czechia, Hungary & Slovakia

Read full report here: bit.ly/3HOlL4E
and our press release here: bit.ly/4kNULAQ

#IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky

ECDC releases risk assessment with actions needed to address spike in hepatitis A cases

ECDC has issued a Rapid Risk Assessment in response to a multi-country outbreak of hepatitis A in the EU/EEA.

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · Jun 26

July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases is online!
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Theme is Spirochetes and other bacteria

Two unusual case reports on the "great imitator" syphilis.
Also featured: Mycoplasma phocimorsus human infection from a bear, Borrelia in flying foxes, mice as model for leptospirosis.

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks for the shout out to EID!

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senjutisaha.bsky.social @senjutisaha.bsky.social · Jun 23

One ceftriaxone-resistant #typhoid case last year set us on a path that is now live on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
47 cases in months, resistance rose from 0 to 5%. We spoke with patients, sequenced samples. 4.3.1.2.B1 lineage+blaCTX-M-15 on pCROB1. #AMR #PublicHealth
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Outbreak of Ceftriaxone-Resistant <em>Salmonella enterica</em> Serovar Typhi, Bangladesh, 2024

Ceftriaxone-Resistant <em>Salmonella</em> Typhi, Bangladesh

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · Jun 10

Feline #sporotrichosis:
"Asymptomatic carriers hinder sporotrichosis control efforts by delaying diagnosis and treatment. Screening all contacts of confirmed cases is essential to minimize the risk for transmission"

Carolina Melchior do Prado @dopradocarol.bsky.social · May 9

I'm really glad to share another fruit of the collaborative work we conducted with zoonotic sporotrichosis in the triple border region between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Available here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · Jun 1

Measles virus diverged phylogenetically from rinderpest bovine virus. I did not know that.

Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · Apr 6

Measles likely came from cows (via rinderpest) around the 6th century BCE.

For 2,500 years, we didn’t evolve superhuman resistance—children just died. Real protection only came in the 1960s, with vaccines.

Our superpower isn’t evolving into superhumans. It’s outthinking pathogens.

Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE

Measles virus diverged from rinderpest virus in the sixth century BCE, indicating an early origin for human measles.

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Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · May 30

📚💙🌎🧰 #Bookdrop #booksky #epidemic

#The-American-Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History. a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · May 31

Given #YellowFever vaccination seems to have become topical, this article might be of interest.

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Yellow fever breakthrough infections after yellow fever vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yellow fever breakthrough infections documented in literature are rare, and not necessarily more common 10 years or more after primary yellow fever vaccination. This finding suggests that a single dos...

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · May 31

Human immunity has to "want" to oscillate seasonally also...

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · May 23

Scientists report first known cases of #tularemia in beluga whales

The long distances that whales often travel could further spread the disease, increasing exposure to people and wildlife, the authors say.

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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social · May 30

EID's June issue is published!
Theme is #vectorborne infections.

Article topics include rickettsia in Cambodia, oropouche in Brazil, babesiosis in Italy, tularemia in Alaskan whales (!) and much more. #idsky

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · May 27

Iowa, Nebraska announce first measles cases

Iowa's patient is an unvaccinated adult, and Nebraska's is a vaccinated child who had not traveled outside the state.

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