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Infectious disease doctor. Scientist. Mountaineer. Advocate. Haver of both adventures and misadventures. Opinions are my own.
Sep 12, 2022 10 tweets 5 min read
#1/ A Monday morning tweetorial – on resistant CMV. Had a crash course in this while taking care of a pt with progressive resistance. All slides mine. #2/ What is CMV? It’s a betaherpesvirus, related to HSV/VZV, EBV, and HHV6/7/8. All of them establish lifelong latency – once you have them, you have them. Risk factors: crowded living, more sexual partners, contact with young kids…
Jun 14, 2022 11 tweets 6 min read
My first tweetorial – on #monkeypox. (Disclaimers: my views only, evolving situation)
Let’s talk the what, who, when, and why. Slides are mine. #monkeypox is a dsDNA virus w/ famous relatives. esp. smallpox, a poxvirus w/ whopping 30% mortality rate. Smallpox eliminated) led ppl to learn variolation (ancient technique) + vaccination (w/ cowpox, then vaccinia virus = weak poxviruses). #monkeypox = less deadly smallpox.