Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD

Veterinarian, @UNSW alum, @ColoradoStateU alum, postdoc @nmsu | epidemiology, virology, vector bio, animal-math model | Founder Open Lab| Opinions are my own

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

Thrilled to see an email from @RSTMH that my grant proposal to work on Yellow fever virus in Brazil is going to be funded. I am already looking forward to the trip and becoming a proud member of the society. #virology #epidemiology #onehealth 🦟🦠💼🐒✈️

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@SidThakur_AMR @US_FDA @CVMResearch @NCStateVetMed Congratulations Sid!

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@thapa_sushil @smadixit @rosh_lal @pandeya_drona @_bishalbhandari @DigbijayMahat @AnupSubedee @drbhatta @Lunabs8 @swarupbaba @nerokoala @BijayaKDhakal There is a Cochrane review “Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen and molecular‐based tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection”. Talks about POCTs. https://t.co/pnPh0CfiPh

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@rosh_lal @pandeya_drona @_bishalbhandari @DigbijayMahat @AnupSubedee @drbhatta @thapa_sushil @smadixit @Lunabs8 @swarupbaba @nerokoala @BijayaKDhakal I heard* the sensitivity of the Ag rapid test kits used in Nepal are 60-80%, little better than tossing a coin. They say it’s SD Biosource. By the way, do we know anything about the agreement between Ab Rapid Test Kit and RT-PCR from Nepal? Isn’t that data due too?

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@BiratNepal @impact_tb Happy birthday Max. Hope you’re doing great!!

[David Hayman @dtsh2]

Land Use Change and Coronavirus Emergence Risk - our new work looking at the nexus of land use change around SARSr-CoV bat hosts in Asia & what might tip some locations into being high risk locations in the future https://t.co/cqF9Ouy63j (feedback welcome)

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@nepaliaashish Absolutely!

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@nepaliaashish Congratulations and all the best!

[Michael Walsh @EpiDoctor]

Our new preprint: Whence the next pandemic? Intersecting global geography of the animal-human interface, poor health systems & air transit centrality reveals conduits for high-impact spillover: https://t.co/3D6HyT6mts @MarieBashirInst @MAHE_Manipal @SS_GlobalHealth @siobhanmor

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@florian_krammer @viro_doc @ChdsNepal @AB_Algaissi @MarionKoopmans @ViralPseudotype @VirusWhisperer @jbloom_lab @vsv512 Magnificent! @florian_krammer 🙏

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

Does anyone willing to share their SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus to a lab in a resource-limited settings - Nepal (Not a single BSL-3 in the country)? Any other alternative suggestions? #covid19 @ChdsNepal

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@viro_doc @ChdsNepal @florian_krammer @AB_Algaissi @MarionKoopmans @ViralPseudotype @VirusWhisperer @jbloom_lab Thanks Ali and all. This is how laboratories in this part of the world, as we discussed, will do great things together.

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

Setting up my CDC light traps in Kathmandu after heavy rain stopped.🤞 for Culex tritaeniorhynchus, quinqs, Ae aeg/albo

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@pandeya_drona @mohpnep The discussion has been going on for few months back, and now it’s taking a shape on implementing the study.

[Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp @Virology_FAMERP]

Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil https://t.co/ybVgPJLsnk Nice work by @CaddeProject ! Happy to colaborate in it! Congrats @candido_darlan

[Dr Madhur S Dhingra @madhursd]

Protecting #foodsystems and livelihoods using #onehealth measures- Qualitave risk assessment for evaluating the risk of exposure of #SARS_CoV_2 from animals and their products to humans and animals @FAOAnimalHealth https://t.co/Rvh2dhRYnl

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

@SidThakur_AMR 💩 are fascinating 😂

[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

Many people experience a temporary loss of smell ("anosmia") as a result of #COVID19 infection - why?

Based on this autopsy study, it looks like anosmia is due to inflammation of the nerves at the level of the nose rather than in the brain.

https://t.co/VE1BfOijud

[Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD @AjitKarna]

I am happy to share that our, @ChdsNepal, proposal for #COVID19 diagnostic development in Nepal is now accepted for funding from Nepal’s National Academy of Science and Technology. We are grateful for the opportunity, and now recruiting Nepalese students. Please RT/DM me.

[Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya]

Why local data, local decision making, strong community public health response and coordination will be important for the next phase @davidnabarro @WHO @ICMRDELHI @MoHFW_INDIA @NITIAayog @JeremyFarrar @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO
https://t.co/HoVVH52BMo

[David Hayman @dtsh2]

https://t.co/HzFbcwswNU