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Gauri G

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NEJM.org@nejm.org · 5mo ago

Leishmaniases are clinically distinct parasitic diseases transmitted by infected sand flies. Laboratory diagnosis has shifted to molecular methods. Treatment choices are limited; two vaccines are being tested. Read the Review Article: https://nej.md/4nPCWn6

Chart detailing different types of leishmaniasis infection. It shows the progression from asymptomatic to cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. The cutaneous section includes localized, diffuse, disseminated, and leishmaniasis recidivans. The visceral section includes classic VL and viscerotropic VL. Species such as L. mexicana, L. amazonensis, and L. donovani are listed. The chart is organized with boxes and lines indicating associations among the types and species.
UK Health Security Agency@ukhsa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Statens Serum Institut, Denmark's national disease prevention and control institute, to UKHSA last Thursday. 🇩🇰 🤝 🇬🇧 🌍 International partnerships like this are vital to our mission, and we look forward to building on this relationship with SSI.

People, including Professor Henrik Ullum and Professor Susan Hopkins in a business meeting around a table with papers and microphones, engaging in a discussion.Three professionals standing in an office setting, two listening while Professor Henrik Ullum speaks. There is a window in the background, and a coat rack to the side.Group of professionals engaged in a meeting around a conference table in an office setting.
Sarah Alexander@sarah1alexander.bsky.social · last yr.

The @ukhsa.bsky.social STI Reference Lab has identified a strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae which evades detection on the Cepheid Xpert CT/GC Assay. Read more in our eurosurveillance article www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Detection and characterisation of Xpert CT/NG assay Neisseria gonorrhoeae diagnostic escape mutants, England, June 2025

We report the timely detection of a strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae which was confirmed as a diagnostic escape mutant on the Cepheid Xpert CT/NG assay in England in June 2025. The reason for assay failure was a likely recombination event with Neisseria meningitidis, which removed both assay target sites. Seven historical putative Xpert CT/NG assay diagnostic escape mutants were also identified following subsequent in silico screening of gonococcal genome collections, but currently there is no evidence of widespread circulation.

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NEJM.org@nejm.org · last yr.

A man from rural India presented with redness and blurry vision in one eye. Examination was notable for panuveitis and a live worm in the posterior segment; the worm was removed in a pars plana vitrectomy (shown in a video). Read the full case details: nej.md/45m95dc #MedSky #IDSky

Images in Clinical Medicine Ocular Gnathostomiasis Panel A: A pars plana vitrectomy performed to remove the worm. Panel B: A larval-stage nematode with a cephalic bulb, thick cuticle, and well-developed intestine that was identified.
Gauri G@gaurig03.bsky.social · 2y ago

Imported cases of Cholera in UK and Germany caused by consumption of holy water, multidrug resistant strain( Ethiopian outbreak), retaining sensitivity to tetracycline

Susan Hopkins@smhopkins.bsky.social · 2y ago

Second report from @ukhsa Gastro teams (lab and epi) led by Clare Jenkins reporting imported cases of Cholera related to travel to Ethiopia and cases without travel who consumed holy water from the same site as travellers. 3/3 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Clare Warrell@clarewarrell.bsky.social · 2y ago

How should S.haematobium infection be managed in non-endemic regions? …This is what we came up with based on 20 years of confirmed cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London. Thanks to all co-authors including @tropdoc.bsky.social @gaurig03.bsky.social @hannahrafferty.bsky.social on bsky

Open Forum Infectious Diseases@ofidjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Urogenital Schistosoma haematobium cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London (1998-2018), and suggested pragmatic follow-up pathway for non-endemic settings ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky