Professor Ana Odone, Dr Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano, and Dr Alex Howard discuss their new Series of papers on artificial intelligence and infectious diseases intended to support the infectious diseases community in understanding this evolving landscape and in actively shaping artificial intelligence integration into practice. Read the full Series here: https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/artificial-intelligence-and-infectious-diseases?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_laninfaiandid25_laninf Continue t...
Drs Catherine Liu and Joshua Hill of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center discuss their new Series of papers on the prevention and management of infections in people who are immunocompromised, with a focus on prevention of infections and diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship. Read the Series papers: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00345-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_August_25_laninf https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25...
Lilian Tina Minja and Norbert Heinrich discuss the SUDUCO and DECODE trials in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on two new promising TB drugs, sutezolid and delpazolid, respectively. They also discuss the wider implications of the findings of these trials for TB drug development and treatment. Read the trials: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00213-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_July_25_laninf https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-...
Leonardo Basso and Juan Pablo Torres discuss their study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on the effectiveness and impact of the first season of Chile's national immunisation programme with nirsevimab. They discuss the evidence that led to the design and implementation of the programme, its impact on RSV burden and the Chilean health system, and lessons for other countries in the region and beyond. Read the full article at: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)0...
Jan Felix Drexler and Fernando Bozza discuss their recent study published in the journal— “The spatio-temporal ecology of Oropouche virus: a laboratory-based modelling study across Latin America” and its wider implications for Oropouche virus and other arboviruses transmission, expansion, surveillance, and control. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00110-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_14-04-25_laninf Continue this conversation o...
Prasad Kulkarni discusses a new Phase I trial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on a dengue monoclonal antibody also known as VIS513 in healthy adults. In addition, he highlights the wider implications of this for dengue control and drug development. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/ S1473-3099(24)00030-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laninf Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https...
Oriol Mitjà discusses a new trial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on the use of oral linezolid compared with benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of early syphilis in adults. He also highlights what the trial means for treatment of syphilis. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00683-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laninf Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https...
Sofia Viegas and Stefan Niemann discuss a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases about emerging bedaquiline resistance in Mozambique and its implications for drug resistant tuberculosis and the fight to end tuberculosis. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00498-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laninf Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thel...
Luciano Moreira and Henrik Salje discuss a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the use of the Wolbachia bacteria to control the spread of mosquito-borne dengue and chikungunya in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read the full article: Estimating the effect of the wMel release programme on the incidence of dengue and chikungunya in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup ...
Richard Maude discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases that assesses the efficacy of malaria chemoprophylaxis among forest goers in Cambodia. Read the full article: Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for forest goers in southeast Asia Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Ben Cowling discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the protection that vaccines are providing against COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Read the full article: Vaccine effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lance...
Hugh Adler discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the management and the clinical features for seven patients with monkeypox hospitalised in the UK between 2018 and 2021. Read the full article: Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal ...
Prof Beate Kampmann, Dr Karen Keddy, and Prof Peter Ghazal discuss a new cross-journal Series in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and EBioMedicine addressing the potential for and challenge of applying big data to childhood infectious diseases in LMICs. Read the full Series: https://www.thelancet.com/series/big-data-childhood-infections-LMICs Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.co...
A new article highlights how changing immunity profiles motivate the need for better responses to outbreaks of polio in Africa. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00453-9/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Paul Chapman and colleagues presents the results of an innovative trial assessing the safety of vaccinating healthy volunteers with attenuated Necator americanus hookworm larvae. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00153-5/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/...
Josep Llibre discusses a trial on the impact of same-day testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection before a concert on new COVID-19 cases in Barcelona, Spain. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00268-1/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelan...
Yap Boum (MSF) discusses his study done in Cameroon, which developed a promising testing strategy for COVID-19 to optimise the available resources. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00132-8/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelance...
Two studies in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describe how the spread of resistance to both dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine is compromising malaria therapy in South-East Asia Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
A trial investigates the use of a cocktail of phages for the therapy of infections in patients with burns. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Editor of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, John McConnell, discusses the 1918 influenza pandemic and the lessons that can be learnt from it with John Oxford and Jeffery Taubenberger. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv