📢 Published today in NEJM to aid #monkeypox diagnosis: A global collaborative case series led by SHARE Collaborative Queen Mary University of London describing 528 confirmed infections from 43 centres in 16 countries + an image library. Royal College of General Practitioners Royal College of Physicians bit.ly/3PGg7js John Thornhill🧵

Congratulations to investigators from the McGill Division of Infectious Diseases and the MI4 clinical research platform for their contribution to the description of monkey pox outbreak! Sapha Barkati, Marina Klein, Luke Harrison. McGill University MI4

🔥 from the nejm Description of 528 #Monkeypox cases in 16 states ➡️95% of transmission through sex ➡️64% had <10 lesions ➡️73% had anogenital lesions ➡️29% had other STI 🚫 ☠️ Congratulations to Sapha Barkati, Luke Harrison and Marina Klein! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

The worm visible in the gallbladder is Ascaris lumbricoides, the commonest parasite within the GI tract #LiverTwitter #MedEd (Via Dr@. Lee del Invierno)

A zombie snail It's been taken over by a parasite controlling its motor functions & eye stalks, mimicking caterpillars. The parasitic worm wants the snail to be eaten by birds, in whose intestines it will reproduce [read more: buff.ly/2ro2Nap] x.com/minouye271/sta…

New research: Protection against omicron (B.1.1.529) BA.2 reinfection conferred by primary omicron BA.1 or pre-omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection among health-care workers with and without mRNA vaccination: a test-negative case-control study thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

ICYMI 🆕⚡⚡State of art Review Article Nature Rev Immunol Monkeypox: disease epidemiology,Immunopathogenesis, immune evasion, host immunity and clinical interventions(vaccines and therapeutics) #IDTwitter #MedEd #TwitteRx #MedTwitter nature.com/articles/s4157…

Join us to ASTMH Clinical Pre-Meeting Course "The Big Syndromes in Tropical Medicine: A Practical Clinical Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Tropical Diseases". When: October 13 and 14 from 1-5pm ( Eastern Standard Time). Register here: astmh.org/annual-meeting…

New research: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with monkeypox in the GeoSentinel Network: a cross-sectional study thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Monkeypox in Montréal: Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, and Public Health Response to a Large North American Outbreak | Annals of Internal Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

A previously healthy 14-year-old boy who lived on a farm presented with a 1-month history of episodic headaches associated with vomiting. What is the most likely diagnosis? nej.md/2Ku5WxD

Today, we recognize the 1 billion people worldwide who suffer from severe illness, lifelong disability, and other social and economic consequences caused by #NTDs. Amid other pressing global health challenges, we must remain #100PercentCommited to beating #NTDs. #WorldNTDDay

From course co-director Dr. Sapha Barkati: "This course is not just about lectures. It is a chance to meet clinicians with wide ranging expertise in all areas of travel and tropical medicine, discuss cases, and see how they think about problems." More at mcgill.ca/summerinstitut…

Intravenous Liposomal Amphotericin B Efficacy and Safety for Cutaneous and Mucosal Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

#DYK? Our accredited course "Providing Health Care to Refugee, Immigrant & Migrant Populations" has an entire day of infectious diseases updates for clinicians. Join us online or in person at McGill University June 12-14. #RefugeeHealth. #MigrantHealth. #ImmigrantHealth #Healthcareaccess