Vorcaro hesitou em comprar obra de Basquiat de US$ 4,5 milhões por temer ‘referência ao demônio’ Banqueiro, que é evangélico, perguntou a funcionária de galeria sobre natureza da pintura

A cabeça do crente é fascinante. Um quadro é coisa do diabo. Mas fraudes financeiras bilionárias, lavagem de dinheiro, corrupção etc são "prosperidade" e "benção"
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Finally, i want to thank all the people that helped with this important work! We hope that it can be used to guide public health decision making and plan vaccine interventions for the future.
@juliocroda.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social @raclark18.bsky.social

Future trials and vaccine campaigns must ensure that there are measures in place to respect individual autonomy of decision. Increasing vaccine education could strengthen consent and ensuring PDL participation in study oversight with community counsels could promote trust within the population

Overall this indicates that new vaccine products would be well accepted by people deprived of liberty in Brazil.

distrust in the vaccine, coertion and less TB knowledge was more frequently reported by males than females, but the overall acceptability was high in both groups (M - 94.1% and F - 98.7%)

13.0% of all individuals interviewed reported that they might feel coerced (by prison staff or other individuals incarcerated) to take a vaccine

we identified that individuals refusing vaccination more often reported distrust in vaccine products and healthcare services; with a notable proportion of individuals accepting vaccination with similar concerns ...

Acceptability of a proposed new tuberculosis vaccine among people deprived of liberty in Brazil Tuberculosis (TB) persists as a global threat, with unequal burden across populations. New TB vaccines are in development, and people deprived of libe…

Happy to see that our work in TB vaccine acceptability in Brazilian prions is on!

6 male and 2 female prison units at 6 Brazilian cities, >900 individual interviews, with 95.2% of acceptance to a new proposed TB vaccine. However...

#TBsky #IDsky
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Estimating the population impact of new tuberculosis vaccines depending on efficacy against infectious asymptomatic tuberculosis: A modelling study Hira Tanvir and colleagues estimate the potential impact of new tuberculosis vaccines under three scenarios of efficacy and conclude that to achieve the greatest impact, vaccines must prevent asymptom...

Our recent modelling study found that the estimated impact of new TB vaccines depends on the efficacy to prevent infectious asymptomatic TB. Read more in our paper out now in @plosmedicine.org!

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The potential impact of reduced international donor funding on the household economic burden of tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries: A modeling study In a modelling study, Allison Portnoy and colleagues investigate the potential impact of reduced international donor funding on the household economic burden of Tuberculosis in low- and middle-income ...

In this modeling study, Allison Portnoy and colleagues investigate the potential impact of reduced international donor funding on the household economic burden of tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries 🧪 #MedSky #TB
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Vírus da febre amarela é identificado em Aedes albopictus em área verde urbana de São Paulo Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Exemplo de como o mais básico da vigilância ambiental é essencial: "O achado é resultado de uma pesquisa entomovirológica conduzida após a confirmação de epizootias em primatas não humanos, incluindo bugios encontrados mortos na região entre 25 e 31 de dezembro de 2024."

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Essa é uma ponte sobre, *slipt*, o Rio Paranapanema. Parece que dos dois lados são iguais, né?

Mas, nãh, nãh, nãh, isso é um engano. Ao norte, Brasil, latinidade, barbarismo, carnaval. Ao sul, *snif, snif, snif*, civilização, descendentes de alemão de suspensórios e racismo.

Our Editor’s Choice commentary in @cidjournal.bsky.social finds that reported TB symptoms are an inadequate classifier of disease state, as they are heavily influenced by context and substantial interviewer variability, and may have alternative causes.

Read more here👇🏻

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Reported Tuberculosis Symptoms: An Inadequate Classifier of Disease State We provide evidence that self-reported symptoms are an inadequate classifier of disease state, heavily influenced by context and substantial interviewer va

This is a really lovely paper by @dopapus.bsky.social and team

Self report of TB symptoms depends on lots of external factors and there are more robust markers of disease extent / severity available to inform surveillance and clinical management

#TBSky #EpiSky

Reported Tuberculosis Symptoms: An Inadequate Classifier of Disease State We provide evidence that self-reported symptoms are an inadequate classifier of disease state, heavily influenced by context and substantial interviewer va

We need to think beyond symptom status to classify TB disease, currently we have increasing evidence that symptom reporting is unreliable to assert disease states.

Very happy that i had the privilege to collaborate with this work!
#TBsky #IDsky
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-Por que o senhor está plantando palmeiras indianas se não vai vê-las florir?
O velho e sábio Burle Marx respondeu com um sorriso bondoso nos rosto:
- Meu filho, vá tomar no seu cu! O projeto paisagístico é meu e eu planto o que eu quiser.

Another successful "Intro to TB Modelling" course in Copenhagen at #WLHC2025. Over 70 joined to learn about TB modelling!

Followed by the now-traditional TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium social, which was also very well-attended and a lot of fun.

New research article

Direct and indirect protection against #scabies through #ivermectin mass drug administration designed for malaria in Mozambique: a substudy nested within a cluster-randomised, controlled trial

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #MDA #OpenAccess #OA

All are welcome to join the Gender Equity in TB Working Group today at 12:30 in Room B4B @theunion.org! We'll share updates on working group activities and host a panel discussion on progress to date and ways forward to ensure an equitable and inclusive #TB response.

Role of tuberculosis symptoms in transmission risk to cell contacts in prisons Background Understanding determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission is critical to devising effective strategies to reduce its burden. Whether and to what extent symptoms influence transm...

Happy to see our group work out there!

It a good oportunity in this continuous mass-screening efforts to understand better the role of asymptomatic TB in transmission.

@jasonandrews.bsky.social
#IDsky #TBsky #TB
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Very happy to see people sharing our work!

If you have to remember one thing today, this is it:

#foamed #foamcc #meded #Medsky #emimcc

Who’s leading WHO? A quantitative analysis of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s grants to WHO, 2000-2024 Introduction The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second biggest source of funding in recent years, contributing 9.5% of WHO’s revenues between 2...

Relying on the beneficence of private actors leaves the world vulnerable to the shifting opinions (or, conversely, the intransigence) of a handful of people

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Climate change and tuberculosis: an analytical framework Climate change is likely to exacerbate a range of determinants that drive tuberculosis, the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. However, tuberculosis is often neglected in w...

Our framework that informed the @who.int TB & climate change policy brief out now in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social, exploring the intersections and implications of climate change for the TB epidemic. Key message? TB should be considered a climate-sensitive disease
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Tuberculosis and undernutrition: improving estimates to reinforce the policy imperative Undernutrition is a key driver of the global tuberculosis epidemic, increasing the risk of people developing tuberculosis disease and of poor outcomes in those who do.1 Each year, WHO publishes estima...

“Wow, I saw in the last GTB report undernutrition is much less important for TB than we previously thought” I hear you say…
Well, no. We think this is an underestimate, & as much as 28% of TB could be attributable to undernutrition – see our latest comment here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Impact of fluoroquinolone resistance on the cost-effectiveness of empiric treatment for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis The WHO recommends the bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid (BPaL) regimen with the additional fluoroquinolone antibiotic moxifloxacin (BPaLM) for initial treatment of multidrug- or rifampicin-resis...

When fluoroquinolone resistance status is unknown, empirical use of BPaLM (adding moxifloxacin to BPaL) is cost-effective as a replacement for BPaL even with high fluoroquinolone resistance levels! 🦠💊

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Tuberculosis treatment outcomes after transfer or release from incarceration: a retrospective cohort study from Brazil - BMC Global and Public Health Background Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects people deprived of liberty (PDL). Prior studies have shown higher TB treatment completion rates among PDL compared to the general population. Ho...

In this new study, by linking TB notification data with incarceration and mortality databases, we found that one-third of individuals who were treated for TB in prisons were transferred to another prison or released during therapy. 3/5
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study In a retrospective cohort study, Yiran E Liu and colleagues investigate all-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil.

The transition from prison to community is often a socially and medically vulnerable moment for persons deprived of liberty (PDL). Our previous work found that PDL in Brazil have 3x ⬆️ risk of mortality after prison release compared with others in their community 1/5 journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...