Read on Twitter
Human Infection caused by Avian Influenza A (H5N1) - Chile, an update: 12 contacts were identified, no new cases. Important to know. Report states viruses are highly similar to viruses found in animals in the region who.int/emergencies/di…
But also some key concerns here: it took 2 weeks to get flu diagnosed, 3 weeks to confirm by genomics. If this had been a spreading virus, the cat could have been out of the bag. This is why we need capacity building globally for key diagnostics and confirmatory testing
Too many countries and politicians think that this can be left to “ the market”. That is not the case. The diagnostic market focusses mostly on diagnostics that are “ popular”, because they are widely used. If you look at clinical settings, lab Dx often is viewed as expensive 1/
(it often is, if you want to rule out the differential).a common clinical diagnosis us “ probably viral”, go home, get rest, take fluids. For true preparedness we would want to see more of those cases diagnosed. Ideally, that is guided by intelligence ( where does patient live…
What types of exposures, comorbidities, etc). So we need platforms that allow rapid development and deployment of new targets and people trained to be able to do that. A global pathogen detection “ radar”. And still , this is only one piece of the puzzle.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
