Chagas disease Dengue Elephantiasis Leishmaniasis River blindness are spread by 🐛, 🦟, 🪰. Spraying insecticides, eliminating standing water, using bed nets, access to treatment can prevent these. Let's #BeatNTDs! 👉bit.ly/3scvAhl

It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day! Reducing deforestation, unplanned housing, overcrowding can prevent: 🔺Chagas disease 🔺Dengue 🔺Chikungunya 🔺Leishmaniasis 🔺Scabies Let's #BeatNTDs!

Hoy es el día mundial contra la lepra. Se trata de una enfermedad tropical desatendida que supone un gran estigma sobre las personas que la padecen. Desde Dermalawi situamos entre nuestro objetivos principales el diagnóstico precoz y tratamiento de esta patología. #BeatNTDs

Our latest paper has just been published at The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. We establish that #convalescent_plasma does not prevent progression from mild to severe #COVID19. The quest for affordable treatments against SARS-CoV-2 continues! Read more here: buff.ly/3uBHFz9

Our results cannot rule out the potential efficacy of CP: 1. Administered earlier 2. With Higher neutralising antibody titers (vaccinated individuals) 3. Higher plasma volumes 4. Higher affinity of antibodies (same variant) 5. Not methylene blue-treated

Access to free #azithromycin is critical to eradicating #yaws. Since 2020, 1.6 million tablets of oral antibiotic, donated by EMS Farmacêutica, has been delivered to #Cameroon🇨🇲, treating more than half a million people, despite #COVID19. #beatNTDs #skinNTDs #NTDRoadMap2030

'In the past five years, 14 additional countries and territories eliminated at least one #NTD' 'Cases of #HumanAfricanTrypanosomiasis declined by 90% in 10 years' 'And only 15 cases of #GuineaWormDisease were reported last year ..' #WHA75 Opening address #beatNTDs

Health is not a luxury for the rich, but a human right for all.

Delighted our study #Monkeypox Spain The Lancet bit.ly/3zK16GT Most cases MSM but some cases MSW & WSM suggesting bridging between networks 🧵

Hoy se publica este artículo sobre la viruela del mono en The Lancet. Vemos que el 40% de los pacientes necesitan tratamiento para el #dolor, y que las lesiones de piel son mucho más #infecciosas que las gotas respiratorias. Link aquí: thelancet.com/action/showPdf…

Congratulations, Michael Marks!

Our most heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Lucy John!

Hot off the press of Clinical Infectious Diseases: we have evaluated the accuracy of patient-collected swabs. Self-sampling is a reliable strategy for diagnosing #monkeypox. buff.ly/3E8YyEq

Our latest paper is out in The Lancet and reveals the severe implications of #mpox in people with advanced #HIV infection. See the details in this thread by our colleague Andrea Alemany