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I'm still curious why they added measles to the list of quarantine diseases. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/exec… 
Kind of like when Obama added SARS obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
¡Regresaron los hilos! 🧵
Hablemos de la CONTAMINACIÓN de objetos caseros con el virus de la #ViruelaSímica 🐒
Se encontró material genético del virus en superficies 20 días después de iniciado el confinamiento de 2 pacientes, a pesar de realizar limpieza
¿Pánico o no?
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Hablemos de la CONTAMINACIÓN de objetos caseros con el virus de la #ViruelaSímica 🐒
Se encontró material genético del virus en superficies 20 días después de iniciado el confinamiento de 2 pacientes, a pesar de realizar limpieza
¿Pánico o no?
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Hace unos días la @CDCgov dió a conocer los resultados de un estudio de superficies contaminadas en la casa de dos personas en Utah que, luego de un viaje, dieron positivo para viruela símica¹
La presentación de la enfermedad fue moderada y se resolvió en 30 días o menos
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La presentación de la enfermedad fue moderada y se resolvió en 30 días o menos
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Para evaluar la presencia del #virus y el grado de contaminación de los objetos, se pidió a los #pacientes que señalaran los objetos y superficies con los que tenían más contacto 🖐🏼🪥
Se tomaron muestras de 30 superficies usando hisopos
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#MonkeypoxVirus #Science
Se tomaron muestras de 30 superficies usando hisopos
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#MonkeypoxVirus #Science
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Jan 30, 2020: #COVID19 has been declared PHEIC by the WHO, with 17,800 reported cases. Between Dec 15 and Mar 15, 217,000 cases were reported;
July 23, 22 #Monkeypox declared as PHEIC, with 17,021 rep. cases. Between May 15 and Aug 15, up to 40,000 cases should be reported.
Jan 30, 2020: #COVID19 has been declared PHEIC by the WHO, with 17,800 reported cases. Between Dec 15 and Mar 15, 217,000 cases were reported;
July 23, 22 #Monkeypox declared as PHEIC, with 17,021 rep. cases. Between May 15 and Aug 15, up to 40,000 cases should be reported.
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Doubling times:
#COVID19 = 2-4 days in Jan, 4-14 days in Feb, 8-10 days Mar-Apr, 2020.
#Monkeypox = 7-10 days in June, 12-15 days in July, 18 days in Aug, 2022.
- Will it accelerate/keep pace/decelerate in the coming weeks?
Doubling times:
#COVID19 = 2-4 days in Jan, 4-14 days in Feb, 8-10 days Mar-Apr, 2020.
#Monkeypox = 7-10 days in June, 12-15 days in July, 18 days in Aug, 2022.
- Will it accelerate/keep pace/decelerate in the coming weeks?
3/8 - Initially #COVID19 has spread among religious communities with high promiscuity, then jumped to other segments of population, keeping heterogeneous spread during at least the first 6 months of the pandemic, until its 2nd wave (automn 2020).
Clinical presentation and virological assessment of 181 confirmed human #monkeypox virus cases in #Spain
✔️92%, gay men, bisexual men, or other men who have sex with men (MSM) &
✔️8%, heterosexual men or women
(A) genital & pubic region pustules
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thelancet.com/journals/lance…
✔️92%, gay men, bisexual men, or other men who have sex with men (MSM) &
✔️8%, heterosexual men or women
(A) genital & pubic region pustules
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thelancet.com/journals/lance…
✔️Median age was 37 years (IQR 31–42).
✔️18% patients reported previous smallpox vaccination
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(B) Three semiconfluent pustular #monkeypox lesions with a depressed centre located on the left side of the tongue dorsum.
#MedEd
✔️18% patients reported previous smallpox vaccination
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(B) Three semiconfluent pustular #monkeypox lesions with a depressed centre located on the left side of the tongue dorsum.
#MedEd
✔️40% were #HIV-positive, 11% had a CD4 cell count less than 500 cells per μL
✔️17% were diagnosed with a concurrent sexually transmitted infection
(C) Pearly acral #monkeypox vesicles embedded in the thick stratum corneum of the palmar skin, shotty on palpation
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#IDtwitter
✔️17% were diagnosed with a concurrent sexually transmitted infection
(C) Pearly acral #monkeypox vesicles embedded in the thick stratum corneum of the palmar skin, shotty on palpation
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#IDtwitter
Les mostraré como diluir blanqueador concentrado para desinfectar superficies:
.@HLGatell|.@RicardoDGPS y demás ineptos, negligentes, irresponsables, criminales y vividores de la nómina de .@SSalud_mx no aprendieron como hacer diluciones en clases de química de bachillerato.
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.@HLGatell|.@RicardoDGPS y demás ineptos, negligentes, irresponsables, criminales y vividores de la nómina de .@SSalud_mx no aprendieron como hacer diluciones en clases de química de bachillerato.
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Les enseñaré ejemplos para calcular cómo diluir con agua una solución concentrada de hipoclorito de sodio a la venta en supermercados.
Aprenderán a calcular el volumen para preparar un litro de hipoclorito de sodio diluido al 0.1% y al 0.5% para desinfectar #MonkeyPoxVirus
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Aprenderán a calcular el volumen para preparar un litro de hipoclorito de sodio diluido al 0.1% y al 0.5% para desinfectar #MonkeyPoxVirus
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En casa desinfectar con hipoclorito de sodio al 0.1%.
En hospitales desinfectar con hipoclorito de sodio al 0.5%.
Enfermos de #MonkeyPoxTambiénSeRespira generan aerosoles infecciosos que flotan en el aire y también contaminan superficies y objetos.
dhs.gov/sites/default/…
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En hospitales desinfectar con hipoclorito de sodio al 0.5%.
Enfermos de #MonkeyPoxTambiénSeRespira generan aerosoles infecciosos que flotan en el aire y también contaminan superficies y objetos.
dhs.gov/sites/default/…
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Clinical features and novel presentations of human #monkeypox of 197 patients in a #London centre during the 2022 #outbreak
Median age: 38 years
All 197: men, &
196 identified as gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men
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bmj.com/content/378/bm…
#IDtwitter #MedTwitter
Median age: 38 years
All 197: men, &
196 identified as gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men
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bmj.com/content/378/bm…
#IDtwitter #MedTwitter
Concomitant infection:
- 35.9%: HIV
- 31.5%: a concomitant sexually transmitted infection.
All presented with mucocutaneous lesions, most commonly on the genitals (n=111 participants, 56.3%) or in the perianal area (n=82, 41.6%).
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#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
- 35.9%: HIV
- 31.5%: a concomitant sexually transmitted infection.
All presented with mucocutaneous lesions, most commonly on the genitals (n=111 participants, 56.3%) or in the perianal area (n=82, 41.6%).
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#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
86.3% participants reported systemic illness:
✔️ fever 61.9%),
✔️ lymphadenopathy (57.9%), and
✔️ myalgia (31.5%).
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#monkeypox #resident
✔️ fever 61.9%),
✔️ lymphadenopathy (57.9%), and
✔️ myalgia (31.5%).
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#monkeypox #resident
Mittlerweile gibt es über 7000 Fälle von #Affenpocken in den USA. Gregg Gonsalves, Epidemiologe und AIDS-Aktivist an der Universität Yale und Berater der WHO im Zusammenhang mit dem Ausbruch der Affenpocken analysiert die aktuelle Situation.🧵 1/4
#Monkeypox #diemaskebleibtauf
#Monkeypox #diemaskebleibtauf
„Wir sind in keiner guten Lage. Ähnlich wie bei #COVID haben wir immer wieder gehört, dass wir über alle Instrumente verfügen, die wir brauchen, um mit diesem Problem umzugehen - genug für alle Regionen in den Vereinigten Staaten. Wir sehen immer mehr Fälle. 2/4
Wir führen wahrscheinlich zu wenige Tests durch. Und wir haben mit Sicherheit einen Mangel an Impfstoffen, ungeachtet dessen, was der Minister sagt. Wir sind also nicht in der Lage, das Virus einzudämmen, was uns die traurige Tatsache beschert, dass in den letzten drei…3/4
#vivreavec signifie #vivresans les #vulnérables épisode 2022
En direct du 🇨🇦 : une pétition pour sauver les #caribous recueille en 1h 3 * + de signatures que celles concernant les #imunocompromis
Donc 🦌 >> ♂️♀️ dans l'échelle des préoccupations
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En direct du 🇨🇦 : une pétition pour sauver les #caribous recueille en 1h 3 * + de signatures que celles concernant les #imunocompromis
Donc 🦌 >> ♂️♀️ dans l'échelle des préoccupations
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@EmmanuelMacron @Elysee @Elisabeth_Borne @gouvernementFR @Seb_Delescluse @FrcsBraun @Sante_Gouv
Un exemple révélateur de plus que compter sur la responsabilité individuelle est une stratégie à risques pour les 🦠 aéroportés dont #SARSCoV2 et #MonkeypoxVirus
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Un exemple révélateur de plus que compter sur la responsabilité individuelle est une stratégie à risques pour les 🦠 aéroportés dont #SARSCoV2 et #MonkeypoxVirus
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Mesdames et Messieurs les psdts de l'@AssembleeNat / @Senat & des gpes parlementaires, c'est 1 sjt que la majorité des soignants, scientifiques, patients concernés aimeraient voir pris en compte par la représentativité nationale autrement que par l'attention accordée à
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#Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries, NEJM
Authors report 528 infections diagnosed in 16 countries.
75% were White.
41% had human immunodeficiency virus infection
The median age was 38 years.
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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323
Authors report 528 infections diagnosed in 16 countries.
75% were White.
41% had human immunodeficiency virus infection
The median age was 38 years.
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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323
Transmission was suspected to have occurred through sexual activity in 95% of the persons with infection.
Overall, 98% of the persons with infection were gay or bisexual men.
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#monkeypox
Overall, 98% of the persons with infection were gay or bisexual men.
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#monkeypox
In this case series, 95% of the persons presented with a rash (with 64% having <10 lesions), 73% had anogenital lesions, and 41% had mucosal lesions (with 54 having a single genital lesion).
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#MonkeypoxVirus
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#MonkeypoxVirus
🚨 Infectados por varíola dos macacos no Distrito Federal são homens entre 20 e 39 anos. Segue o 🧶
#MonkeypoxVirus
#MonkeypoxVirus
➡️De acordo com os dados mais recentes da Secretaria de Saúde, a capital federal tem 12 casos confirmados de varíola dos macacos. Desses, todos são homens, sendo quatro na faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos e oito entre 30 e 39 #MonkeypoxVirus
Leia: cutt.ly/oLNspJp
Leia: cutt.ly/oLNspJp
➡️ Os casos confirmados são de pessoas que têm os exames avaliados pelos laboratórios de referência nacional para a identificação da #MonkeypoxVirus
Leia: cutt.ly/oLNspJp
Leia: cutt.ly/oLNspJp
#Monkeypox outbreak in #England
Potential levels of the outbreak in England: Level 2 (transmission within a defined sub-population).
Geographic spread: cases are concentrated in London (74% of cases)
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gov.uk/government/pub…
Potential levels of the outbreak in England: Level 2 (transmission within a defined sub-population).
Geographic spread: cases are concentrated in London (74% of cases)
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gov.uk/government/pub…
Of cases with information:
✔️97% (681 out of 699) are in gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (GBMSM)
✔️More than half had history of STI in the last year
✔️30% (123) were living with HIV
✔️31% (134) had 10 or more sexual partners in the last 3 months
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#MonkeypoxVirus
✔️97% (681 out of 699) are in gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (GBMSM)
✔️More than half had history of STI in the last year
✔️30% (123) were living with HIV
✔️31% (134) had 10 or more sexual partners in the last 3 months
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#MonkeypoxVirus
There have been 4 female cases and one child (under 16) in 2022 in England.
Outside the UK, 3 confirmed cases in children have recently been reported in Europe and this signal requires close monitoring.
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#MonkeyPox #MonkeypoxVirus
Outside the UK, 3 confirmed cases in children have recently been reported in Europe and this signal requires close monitoring.
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#MonkeyPox #MonkeypoxVirus
I don’t know who needs to hear this—(cough, @WHO, @CDCgov cough)—but #monkeypox’s daily new case rate just spiked 25%—📍and that’s even a 7-day average! Pandemic yet?
➡️Please read our new oped with @kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Data: ourworldindata.org/monkeypox
➡️Please read our new oped with @kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Data: ourworldindata.org/monkeypox
2) We have tracked almost 9000 cases in 2 months… vs recorded 2000 cases in 30 years.
Let that sink in. #MonkeypoxVirus
Let that sink in. #MonkeypoxVirus
3) Here is our latest oped thread 🧵 describing my deep concern on #monkeypox 👇
A couple weeks back we made a quick guide to the #mpxv #monkeypox course of illness but perhaps that would be helpful here in our twitter community of mass infection resisters. 🧵…1/11
New study about the persistence of #MPXV on surfaces: a visual thread:
We already know #MPXV #MonkeypoxVirus can live for 35 weeks at around 40F (4C) thanks to this 2007 study: semanticscholar.org/paper/Environm…
Researchers studied two #MPXV patients in Germany last month (eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…) and found virus everywhere in their rooms
Contrary to the relentless propaganda from the political establishment and corporate media of nearly every country, #CovidIsNotOver and the pandemic will worsen in the coming weeks and months. #LongCovid #BA4 #BA5 #COVID19 @DmodosCutter @patientled 1/ wsws.org/en/articles/20…
The highly infectious, vaccine-resistant and pathogenic #Omicron BA.4 & BA.5 subvariants are quickly becoming dominant globally and threaten another surge of infections and deaths from #COVID19. @PPEtoheros @WalkerBragman 2/ wsws.org/en/articles/20…
This takes place under conditions in which almost every world government outside China has dismantled the infrastructure that had been in place to track and slow the spread of the virus. @EnemyInAState @lisa_iannattone @DGBassani 3/ wsws.org/en/articles/20…
Monkeypox virus clearly is endemic in #Nigeria.
Cases occur sporadically throughout the year and across the country except to the far northeast.
#Monkeypox cases continue to occur in Nigeria this year (2022): 110 suspected and 31 confirmed cases
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Cases occur sporadically throughout the year and across the country except to the far northeast.
#Monkeypox cases continue to occur in Nigeria this year (2022): 110 suspected and 31 confirmed cases
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ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitre…
The above report does not indicate which of the 2 clades of #MonkeypoxVirus are responsible for the cases.
The reported case fatality rate of 3.6% is higher than the usual 1% for the West African clade but lower than the up to 10% for the Central African clade.
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#Nigeria
The reported case fatality rate of 3.6% is higher than the usual 1% for the West African clade but lower than the up to 10% for the Central African clade.
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#Nigeria
The report does not indicate if the reported cases are due to person-to-person transmission or to contact with infected wild mammals.
#monkeys are not the reservoirs of the virus, despite the name that the virus has received.
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#monkeys are not the reservoirs of the virus, despite the name that the virus has received.
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The new strain of #Monkeypoxvirus has a large # of new mutations with a unique 'signature' that spells "human origin".
But it has recently burst onto the scene simultaneously in many countries. With a new, unique mode of transmission: male-to-male sex.
Something is amiss ...
But it has recently burst onto the scene simultaneously in many countries. With a new, unique mode of transmission: male-to-male sex.
Something is amiss ...
The mutation profile can also be explained by propagating the virus in a lab, using cultures of human cells.
The source of the outbreak is: London.
And wouldn't you know it: there is a lab in London that has published making these very human-signature mutations in HIV-1.
The source of the outbreak is: London.
And wouldn't you know it: there is a lab in London that has published making these very human-signature mutations in HIV-1.
So we only have to assume they used the same approach on the monkeypox virus and it either escaped or was deliberately released.
So this will be SARS2 and Wuhan Institute of Virology all over again.
Details are here:
So this will be SARS2 and Wuhan Institute of Virology all over again.
Details are here:
1/9 - “As cases of #monkeypox in wealthier Western nations spark a flurry of scientific research to combat the outbreak, scientists are urging the world to make sure lower-income nations benefit from the fruits of that labor as well.”
reuters.com/business/healt…
reuters.com/business/healt…
2/9 - “More than 550 confirmed cases of #Monkeypox have been reported by at least 30 countries outside of Africa, where the virus is typically found, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).”
3/9 - “Scientists are flummoxed as to what is driving the current crop of cases, given they are predominantly not linked to travel to Africa. Countries in Africa have experienced sporadic #Monkeypox outbreaks since the virus was first discovered in humans in 1970.”
1/7 - "The evolutionary rate of the related variola virus has been estimated to be about about 1-2 nucleotide changes per year for a nearly 200,000 nucleotide genome. This makes 47 substitutions in the space of 3-4 years an unexpectedly large number."
virological.org/t/initial-obse…
virological.org/t/initial-obse…
2/7 - As #MonkeypoxVirus is considered a zoonotic virus with limited human to human transmission, this long branch may be evidence of adaptation to humans allowing for the sustained transmission that is now observed."
3/7 - "However, 42 out of 47 of these nucleotide changes are of a particular type, a dinucleotide change from TC→TT or its reverse complement GA→AA. This specific mutation is characteristic of the action of the APOBEC3 family of deaminases."
Hay un brote de VIRUELA DEL MONO o viruela símica 🐒 en decenas de países
¿Ya es hora de entrar en pánico? 😨
Para responder, aquí va una síntesis de 8️⃣ datos básicos sobre esta enfermedad
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#MonkeypoxVirus #ViruelaDelMono
¿Ya es hora de entrar en pánico? 😨
Para responder, aquí va una síntesis de 8️⃣ datos básicos sobre esta enfermedad
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#MonkeypoxVirus #ViruelaDelMono
1️⃣ Desde el 13 de abril y hasta el 26 de mayo de 2022 se han reportado 257 casos confirmados (y aprox 120 sospechosos) de viruela símica en 23 Estados miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Salud @WHO México tiene un caso¹
NO SE HAN REPORTADO MUERTES durante este brote²
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NO SE HAN REPORTADO MUERTES durante este brote²
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2️⃣Esta enfermedad se detectó inicialmente en 1970 en África🌍, y es causada por un virus de la familia Poxviridae, la misma de la viruela humana³
A pesar de esto, ES MUCHO MENOS TRANSMISIBLE ⬇️ y su tasa de letalidad es mucho menor⬇️ (30% vs 3-6%)
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A pesar de esto, ES MUCHO MENOS TRANSMISIBLE ⬇️ y su tasa de letalidad es mucho menor⬇️ (30% vs 3-6%)
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1/6 - #VarioleDuSinge: 316 cas confirmés, toujours pas de décès:
N’en fait-on pas un peu trop?
A-t-on perdu la raison avec la pandémie de #COVID19?
Ne voit-on pas des pandémies partout désormais?
Je vais tenter d’expliquer pourquoi je pense que la réponse est 3 fois négative.
N’en fait-on pas un peu trop?
A-t-on perdu la raison avec la pandémie de #COVID19?
Ne voit-on pas des pandémies partout désormais?
Je vais tenter d’expliquer pourquoi je pense que la réponse est 3 fois négative.
2/6 - Il est possible que la #VarioleDuSinge soit aussi bénigne que la varicelle.
Mais on ne sait pas encore.
Si on déplore 20 décès par varicelle pour 700’000 cas/an en France, aujourd’hui on ne sait pas si on ne va pas dénombrer 1 ou 2 décès/1000 infections par #MonkeypoxVirus.
Mais on ne sait pas encore.
Si on déplore 20 décès par varicelle pour 700’000 cas/an en France, aujourd’hui on ne sait pas si on ne va pas dénombrer 1 ou 2 décès/1000 infections par #MonkeypoxVirus.
3/6 - A priori, la #VarioleDuSinge est peu transmissible, moins que la varicelle ou le #COVID19, mais on ignore encore si le #MonkeypoxVirus s’est adapté, par la génétique (par mutations) ou l’épigénétique (grâce à son équipement enzymatique).
After touching 175 we will try and keep everyone updated about #monkeypox, will post the 175 first followed by the updates all the way till 200 .Here we go
Updates below ctd)
Updates below ctd)
176/n @karmonyk has graciously shared a story, these delays have cost the patient the chance to prevent a bad outcome , vaccine best within 4 days and works all the way till 2 weeks , we've lost that window period , we are up for a bad outcome if we treat #monkeypox this way ctd)
177/n As Argentina logs up its second case, Mexico joins the league logging its first one ctd)
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Monkey pox! It’s everywhere, at least in the news.
Here’s a 🧵about the neuroimaging manifestations of monkey pox
#MonkeypoxVirus #monkeypox #neurorad #FOAMed #NeuroTwitter #MedTwitter #RadRes #FOAMrad #neurology
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15499541/
Monkey pox! It’s everywhere, at least in the news.
Here’s a 🧵about the neuroimaging manifestations of monkey pox
#MonkeypoxVirus #monkeypox #neurorad #FOAMed #NeuroTwitter #MedTwitter #RadRes #FOAMrad #neurology
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15499541/
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The most common manifestation on neuroimaging is tonsillar enlargement & cervical lymphadenopathy
It starts in submandibular nodes w/faucial tonsil enlargement. It progresses to lower lymph node stations & axillary nodes
These images are in primates journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JV…
The most common manifestation on neuroimaging is tonsillar enlargement & cervical lymphadenopathy
It starts in submandibular nodes w/faucial tonsil enlargement. It progresses to lower lymph node stations & axillary nodes
These images are in primates journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JV…
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These are very hot on FDG PET. There are not reports of necrotic lymph nodes, but data is scarce
academic.oup.com/jid/article/20…
These are very hot on FDG PET. There are not reports of necrotic lymph nodes, but data is scarce
academic.oup.com/jid/article/20…
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Le Dr Robert Malone, l'un des inventeurs du vaccin Pfizer devenu ensuite lanceur d'alerte reconnu et blacklisté sur les RS et médias msm, rappelle l'origine de #MonkeypoxVirus , et nous prévient de ne pas
Le Dr Robert Malone, l'un des inventeurs du vaccin Pfizer devenu ensuite lanceur d'alerte reconnu et blacklisté sur les RS et médias msm, rappelle l'origine de #MonkeypoxVirus , et nous prévient de ne pas
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céder à la "fear porn" propagée par les médias msm et #BidenWorstPresidentEver .
Les points les plus importants sont les suivants:
1)The monkeypox virus, which originates in various regions
céder à la "fear porn" propagée par les médias msm et #BidenWorstPresidentEver .
Les points les plus importants sont les suivants:
1)The monkeypox virus, which originates in various regions
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of Africa, is related to SmallPox (Variola), which are both members of the genus Orthopoxvirus. However, it is important to understand that Variola (major or minor) is the species of virus which is responsible for the worst human disease caused by the Orthopox viruses.
of Africa, is related to SmallPox (Variola), which are both members of the genus Orthopoxvirus. However, it is important to understand that Variola (major or minor) is the species of virus which is responsible for the worst human disease caused by the Orthopox viruses.
