
Nigel Curtis
@nigeltwitt
Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases; physician and researcher. Head of Infectious Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. Views my own.
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https://www.mcri.edu.au/researcher-details/nigel-curtis 03-10-2009 03:32:50
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BCG and OPV vaccines shortly after birth reduced mortality by 59% (8–82%) in a cluster-randomised trial in Guinea-Bissau. WHO African Region World Health Organization (WHO) UNICEF #Vaccines #NeonatalMortality You can find the paper here: gh.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…


One of the most surprising pieces I’ve written. Preliminary results suggest that the BCG vaccine may be an unexpected weapon against Alzheimer’s Disease, through a process called trained immunity. My new feature for Guardian Science/Observer New Review theguardian.com/society/2024/f…





Composition of gut microbiome can be different between neonates born by cesarean section and those born vaginally. Read more to find out which microbes and how they differ between BCG-vaccinated vs BCG-naive newborns. Petra Zimmermann Nigel Curtis et al. #PIDJ journals.lww.com/pidj/abstract/…





I hope it will not be needed, but just in case: #Mpox #children ESPIDSociety journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltext/…

Wondering about the scale and scope of published medical articles on AI including ChatGPT? Read this interesting commentary by Nigel Curtis and Ellie McDonald #PIDJ #ESPID #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltext/…