Helping push towards malaria elimination at @ISGLOBALorg
#BOHEMIAproject
Husband. Father of 5
De Venezuela 🇻🇪
Opinions are my own.
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May 9 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
A thread on brain parasites that CANNOT be treated with ivermectin
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Here is an interesting one: Toxoplasma gondii
- Not a worm, a protozoan
- Transmitted among carnovorous
- Final host: cats
- Transmission: contact with cats faeces, eating raw meat, congenital
Aug 18, 2020 • 17 tweets • 9 min read
From early on into the pandemic, I have received unsolicited advise about ivermectin and #COVID.
e.g. "I would like to add to your thinking before you start your trial"
Others ask why am I "opposed" to ivermectin? (spoiler alert 🚨I am NOT)
🧵THREAD👇 isglobal.org/en/healthisglo…
2/16
I have been working with ivermectin since 2008. This includes animal models, insectary work and clinical trials.
Here is one of my earliest experiences with it. A girl with disseminate strongyloides in rural Venezuela.
I will be posting all that I can find here👇
Here is my original thread saying there is hope but rigor is needed.
I also warned about indiscriminate compassionate use and potential EA and DDIs
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