🧪 #mpox2025 #Kinshasa
Patrick Ramadan stresses the importance of recognising the range of mpox symptoms, signs and severe acute and chronic complications, up to and including death
#HIV immunosuppression a particular need for integrated care
Placide Mbala at mpox 2025 symposium
🧪 #mpox2025 #Kinshasa #MBOTE 🦠
Now, Placide Mbala give the genomic history taking us from zoonosis to human-human transmission. No significant change in mpox virus between 1979 and 2010
Isabel Brosius talking about reasons for Clade Ib mpox outbreak at mpox2025 in Kinshasa
🧪 #mpox2025 #Kinshasa
#MBOTE
Epidemics waiting to happen… Isabel Brosius describes context and circumstances of mpox virus Clade Ib emergence in South Kivu - and notes conditions for continuing new outbreaks with changing characteristics @labgenpath.bsky.social
@itmantwerp.bsky.social
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Clades I and II distinguished, with geographical niches
2007-2011 collaboration with US army allowed communications, lab with PCR set up for #mpox research in Kole in the jungle
Allowed major advances in virology, clinical, epidemiology
Example of international cooperation
🧪 #mpox2025
Prof Jean-Jacques Muyembe - Keynote on the history of human #mpox
1970-1980, 59 human cases in total.
Special technical group said not a global threat, because mainly zoonotic with limited person-person transmission
But… short 🧵 relevant to global politics
🧪 #mpox2025 #Kinshasa Symposium kick-off to share research findings from the mpox, which started in 2023.
Reduction in cases a testament to the emergency response
Still a public health emergency of continental concern in Africa
Great agenda @labgenpath.bsky.social @kindrachukjason.bsky.social
Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Mpox vaccine. People living with HIV need 2 doses, plus booster. At the top is a URL: I hyphen base dot info. At the bottom it says, subscribe by email. A smaller, tilted square graphic on the right, reads: HTB news. 2025. HIV treatment, prevention, access, and more. The colours used in the image are two shades of dark blue, three shades of light green, mustard, teal, orange, red, and white.
People living with #HIV need 2 shots of #mpox vaccine, plus booster after 2 years:
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New data show the MVA-BN vaccine is less effective in #PLWH. Including in those with high CD4 counts.
#HIVsky #IDsky #Medsky #mpox2025 #MPXV #HIVresearch #PublicHealth @thelancet.bsky.social
Mpox: Bengaluru reports 1st case of 2025 in 40-year-old man with travel history yespunjab.com?p=85693
#Mpox2025 #Bengaluru #HealthAlert #TravelHistory #VictoriaHospital #ViralInfection #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #MpoxCases
