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Immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0-4 Years after COVID-19 restrictions: A Cross-Sectional Study Importance The upsurge in invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes among children reported in several European countries during 2022-2023 has not been fully explained. Objective To test the ...

Why did invasive #strepA infections increase in young children after the pandemic?

In this new @imperialinfect.bsky.social PREPRINT *not peer-reviewed* we look at antibody responses to #strepA and resp viruses in European children before and after the pandemic:

www.medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...

25.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
RCPCH-BPSU Webinar: Don’t forget rheumatic fever! In this webinar, Dr Tom Parks and the panel will discuss the BPSU study and provide a refresher on Strep A disease and post-infectious disease at a time when UK children are at increased risk.

Is there still rheumatic fever in the UK? bit.ly/3Py0X1P Join our @rcpch.bsky.social webinar next Friday to hear the answer as well as get a refresher on the clinical features and how we make or refute the diagnosis. #strepA #GAS #RHD #IDSky #PaedsSky #PaedsIDSky

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UK adult & paediatric Infectious Diseases clinicians. Would your site be interested in participating in an adaptive platform trial on invasive Group A Strep? We are developing our application currently - so if interested do get in touch with me.

#IDSky

20.11.2024 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis: a multi-ancestry mendelian randomisation study Our findings propose a causal relationship between reduced IL-6 signalling and lower risk of tuberculosis, akin to the effect seen in other IL-6 mediated diseases. This study suggests that IL-6 antago...

🚨 Delighted to share our paper defining a new role for IL-6 in TB. 🚨

We used genetic variation to show *reduced* IL-6 signalling is causally associated with *lower* risk of TB.

Lead author @gushamilton.bsky.social

#TBSky #IDSky #ImmunoSky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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