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MBE | Physician Scientist | Professor of Infection & Inequities |@QMULBartsTheLon| Director @SHAREEastLondon| | #HIV #mpox | #EDI speaker π³οΈβπβΏοΈ
- 1 Thread on #mpox which is in the news again since a returning traveller was diagnosed in Sweden with a new more dangerous strain which reached Europe for the first time. In the 2022-23 global outbreak I was clinical advisor to @WHOEUROPE Hereβs what I think you need to know.
- .@PHE_UK reported that Black & Asian people are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 tinyurl.com/y9x99yem However, they did not adjust for co-morbidities. We present the ETHICAL Study @NHSBartsHealth, taking a deeper look at this important issue tinyurl.com/yayf7q9s /1
- Replying to @profchloeorkin10/ There is no plan from the company to sell the vaccine at discounted prices in Africa and no plan for it to be produced in Africa . The hope is that donor organisations will donate it. This is not good enough.
- Replying to @profchloeorkin11/ To stop this outbreak we need free testing in affected countries, the ability to sequence the virus to tell which clade is causing the infection, and enough vaccine to be deployed in immunisation campaigns delivered for and with affected communities where itβs needed.
- π’ Published today in @NEJM to aid #monkeypox diagnosis: A global collaborative case series led by @ShareEastLondon @QMUL describing 528 confirmed infections from 43 centres in 16 countries + an image library. @rcgp @RCPhysicians bit.ly/3PGg7js @JohnPThornhillπ§΅
- Replying to @profchloeorkin14/ it is essential not to stigmatise communities and countries affected by mpox. We all need to do our bit to pressure governments and agencies to provide vaccine to the millions who need it in affected countries and not to stockpile it in well-resourced settings.
- Replying to @profchloeorkin8/ The smallpox vaccine (MVA Bavarian Nordic) works against both clades. However there is almost no vaccine in D.R.C. and other African countries that need it. It costs around $100 per vaccine. A complete vaccine course means two vaccine doses. ft.com/content/47e345β¦
- #Reunited ! Just did my #EACS2019 plenary on the plane βοΈ for the incredible @gareththomas14 . So wonderful to see him and what a highlight. He has made SUCH a difference to my patients . They tell me ALL the time how he has empowered them to talk about #HIV.
- Replying to @profchloeorkin9/ US and EU have offered to provide around 250 000 doses to D.R.C. from their stockpiles however millions of doses are needed in DRC and neighbouring regions to curb the spread.
- π£ π£ Our global case series on MPOX in people with advanced HIV infection is at #CROI2023 and in @TheLancet today: 382 cases of human MPOX infection in PLWH with CD4 counts <350 cells/mm3 in 19 countries **We found MPOX is an opportunistic pathogen** /1 thelancet.com/journals/lanceβ¦
- Replying to @profchloeorkin15/ I am delivering scientific communications for @skynews @bbcnews @eveningstandard @nbc as I want to ensure people get accurate information. Feel free to RT this if helpful.
- π£Today @TheLancet!π£ The 1st global case series on the epidemiological & clinical characteristics of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection in cis & trans women & non-binary individuals assigned female at birth, to aid diagnosis & understanding of risk factors bit.ly/3tAxSIb
- Replying to @profchloeorkin5/ Meanwhile a deadlier strain Clade 1a strain has caused around 16000 infections in D.R.C in 2023 in central rainforest regions mainly affecting children <15 years & women with ~ 650 deaths in 2023. Mortality rate 4-10% mainly in under 5βs. Spread is thru close contact.
