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El enfoque #OneHealth es necesario:
La gráfica nos ilustra las etapas implicadas en una crisis pandémica, desde la circulación inicial de patógenos dentro de la fauna salvaje y el entorno natural, hasta la diseminación global tras la transmisión a gran escala de persona a persona Image
Los factores antropológicos provocan cambios en la circulación de los agentes patógenos y un aumento de los contactos con nuevas especies animales, incluidas las domésticas, que pueden inducir una propagación, con posible transmisión a los seres humanos.
La pandemia de COVID-19 puso de manifiesto el riesgo de zoonosis inversa, debido a la circulación intensiva de SARS-CoV-2 en humanos, la transmisión a nuevas especies animales y la circulación dentro de algunas que han demostrado ser altamente susceptibles como...
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Am I taking a break from pandemic-related news? Is the pandemic over? No, then why in the midst of the pandemic, I’m doing this long thread on something different? Will disclose the reason in the end.....but I think this fascinating tale needed to be told to my twitter family 1/
Most of my close associates are aware of this saga. But most of the Twitterati are oblivious of this journey. It all started in the autumn of 1998 when I got two young kids with a weird behaviour—combative & agitated, chewing their body parts along w/ fever, vomiting, stupor.. 2/
Clinically and even after performing basic investigations, their clinical profile was not fitting in a proper known clinical entity. It was not encephalitis, not hepatic coma, nor another known multi-system disease. And this was not a stray incident. 3/
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Using Twitter during the #COVID19 pandemic?

With @cc_martell and @DanielRhysThom1, I wrote a perspective piece on social media for (field) epidemiologists #SoMe4epi

📜 tinyurl.com/2km3dz4s

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@THLorg @rki_de @PublicHealthW @ECDC_EU #EPIET #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay
We reflect on social media/@Twitter for epidemiologists working on the #COVID19 response

We introduce the field of social media to those not currently using social media in their public health practice:

So please share outside of the Twitterverse as well!

#SoMe4epi #OpenAccess
Why this piece?

🌍 #COVID19 is the 1st pandemic in the social media age

🕵️‍♂️ Field epi now also includes an online field

👨‍💻 Social media can be a powerful tool for epidemiologists #SoMe4epi

🤝 Key usages of Twitter include #SciComm and professional development #EpiTwitter
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1/5 Introducing The Epidemiologist R Handbook! Collaboratively written by and for applied epidemiologists. Check out epiRhandbook.com and share widely!
2/5 This free, open-access manual provides sample R code and tutorials addressing a wide variety of data management and visualization tasks with practical epidemiological examples.
3/5 The handbook is also available in an offline version for use in settings with low internet-connectivity, and is great for those looking to transition to R from SAS, Stata, SPSS or Excel.
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