Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is not a new virus and has been reported worldwide previously. It has been known since the early 2000s and has been attributed as a cause of respiratory infection, for possibly even longer🧵
Preprint available till 22 Feb 25
First description of Taenia asiatica in Singapore and the clinical relevance of sequencing in the diagnosis of tapeworm species
https://t.co/GPKSLxrWiF
Getting ready for Clean Hospitals Day? Excellent toolkit and resources available here https://t.co/jUfHajPBbf Evidence shows that making environments safer really makes a difference https://t.co/2eamtINrmz @Clean_Hospitals
Join us for IPC Club Session 25! Dr. Nur Alwani (UMMC) will present on Hospital Environmental Hygiene (HEH) strategies to combat MDRAB in ICU, with Prof. Sasheela as panellist.
📅 Register: https://t.co/EeWwAN071f
Pre-register & share with your colleagues! @IcidMy@sasheela2
Important to understand the #mpox outbreak is complex
In Africa
-clade Ia and Ib in DRC (most cases are clade Ia and affecting children with clade Ib in South and North Kivu)
- clade Ib in Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda
- clade I in CAR (likely Ia)
- clade I and II in Cameroon
- clade IIb in South Africa, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana and others
Outside Africa
- 1 case of clade 1b in Sweden
- 1 case of clade I in Thailand
- all other countries clade IIb (cause of 2022 global outbreak)
Cleaning shared equipment reduces infection – Latest paper
We have published results from a major part of the CLEEN study in the Lancet Infectious Disease today.
Article: https://t.co/RW08KML23Y
Freely available: https://t.co/Rtc1seWN8v
@TheLancetInfDis#IDtwitter
Cleaning shared equipment reduces infection – Latest paper
We have published results from a major part of the CLEEN study in the Lancet Infectious Disease today.
Article: https://t.co/RW08KML23Y
Freely available: https://t.co/Rtc1seWN8v
@TheLancetInfDis#IDtwitter
New list of priority diseases of epidemic / pandemic concern. A more systematic approach, as is common in virology labs working on EID diagnostics fi https://t.co/RSZ7jP1z3g
.@emrsa15 top papers in IPC Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial - National Guidelines are missing #APSIC2024 https://t.co/wfaCVGR3Ld
.@allegranzib Key plenary session at the opening of #APSIC2024 introducing Global strategy on #infectionprevention and the global action plan and monitoring framework https://t.co/SPofqvXUPI