Jacques du Toit
@jacdtoit
Medical doctor passionate about rural healthcare 🇿🇦 | Immunology Researcher
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14-02-2020 11:54:16
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An incredible week back in London to celebrate graduation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine! Deeply grateful to the faculty and fellow students for the rich & transformative experience that was the MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases. #LSHTMGrad
Rapid testing for #COVID19 is vital! We are doing our part and our smartphone connected microchip-based rapid #diagnostic Lacewing is now ready! A huge effort from a great team ImperialCBIT. Commencing testing this week Imperial Medicine. HPRU AMR Imperial Department of Infectious Disease Imperial EEE
A wonderful contribution of face shields from the engineering department Wits University & colleagues at the Transnet Matlafatšo Centre! Coming together to prepare health facilities in Bushbuckridge, #Mpumalanga for the rise in #COVID-19 cases! Bianca Moffett MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit
Insightful meeting at the Ehlanzeni District Command Council today to discuss plans to curb the #COVID-19 surge. Honoured to be a part of the discussion. A lot of work still ahead but great to see the collaborations Mpumalanga Health MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit
Understanding incidence and transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in rural & urban SA. Most notable is the high asymptomatic fraction & the implications on prevention - thelancet.com/journals/lanin…. Very greatful to have been involved in this project with MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit and NICD
Great paper by Kaiyuan Sun from Fogarty at NIH and colleagues at the Nicole Dooley! Using rural and urban South African data to give insight into the rapidly shifting landscape of population immunity in the Omicron era nature.com/articles/s4146…