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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
of passing the virus to others if you are undetectable on antiretroviral therapy because I marveled CDC (a traditionally conservative public health agency, understandably; they are messaging for nation) would
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Sri Kosuri
srikosuri
Unveiling SwabSeq. We repurposed a part of @OctantBio's platform to detect #SARSCoV2. We think the method is cheap (~1$), sensitive (1-6 molecules), quantitative (3-4 logs), and scalable (10k/day w/o automation;
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Kevin K. Chung, MD
chungk1031
I am giving a talk on "SARS-CoV-2 testing and Immunity" this week. Thought it would make a good #Tweetorial.Thread/ First testing.You can categorize testing as follows:Pathogen based (test for presence
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Dan Larremore
DanLarremore
Preprint: Viral surveillance testing is crucial, but not all surveillance strategies are equal. We modeled the impacts of test frequency, assay limit of detection, test turnaround time, measuring impact on
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Lucas Morin
lucasmorin_eolc
New paper on hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19:"No evidence of rapid antiviral clearance or clinical benefit with the combination of hydroxychloroquine & azithromycin in patients with severe COVID-19 infection", by Molina et
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Jason Pogue
jpogue1
I promise that if #hydroxychloroquine was an effective therapy for #covid19 we would tell you. Many of us (myself definitely included) were hopeful that it would be at the onset
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Rahul Ganatra
rbganatra
1/Should we use #Lopinavir-ritonavir (LPV/r) + #Ribavirin (RBV) +/- #Interferon beta-1b (IFN) to treat #SARSCoV2 #COVID19? Let’s take a look at the data.Here’s: #HowIReadThisPaper on @TheLancet trial of triple therapy
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David Steensma
DavidSteensma
#HematologyTweetstory 32: lymph nodes with names. There’s also a major personal announcement in this thread. We each have lots of lymph nodes: an estimated 500-600 (Image: @MayoClinic). Like stars, they
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Bob Wachter
Bob_Wachter
1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 55UCSF: 13 pts, 6 on vents (each down 1). Fig on L shows 2 waves; on downslope from 2nd. Test + rate stable at 2.2%.
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A Marm Kilpatrick
DiseaseEcology
Is re-instituting lockdowns necessary to stop rapidly rising #COVID19 cases globally?Answer: No. But we're failing at 2 other approaches, due to poor messaging, human behavior & limited public health capacity.Deaths
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Josh Wang
joshux321
Reasons to Consider SARS-Cov-2 Breaks Cell Adhesion to Enable Early Secondary Bacterial InfectionsThis is an attempt to show the distinct mechanism of how the virus triggers bacteria invasion.Thread: 1. The
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XXI #ZeroCovid
Locuste_
THREAD Bonjour,Blasée de l'ignorance générale sur les modes de transmission du COVID-19, je me sens le devoir d'apporter ma contribution dans la lutte contre ce virus.Voici donc un fil didactique
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