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Mining the CD4 antigen repertoire for next-generation tuberculosis vaccines Systematic antigen selection is an enduring challenge in tuberculosis (TB) vaccine development. An antigen screen ranks protective CD4 T cell antigens and yields a novel trivalent mRNA vaccine that pr...

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Evolution of the HIV-1 integration site landscape and inducible reservoir in early-treated people Author summary Despite ART, HIV persists in a small pool of infected cells. This reservoir is the main barrier to curing HIV. We studied how this reservoir changes over time in people who started trea...

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Procalcitonin in the management of lower respiratory tract infection and sepsis

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Virological and drug-resistance outcomes for people living with HIV initiating or switching to tenofovir, lamivudine, and dolutegravir in six PEPFAR-supported countries: a prospective cohort study High rates of viral suppression in response to tenofovir–lamivudine–dolutegravir therapy in individuals who had suppression before switching support international treatment guidelines for this populat...

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The Mass General Brigham Division of Infectious Diseases is happy to announce our next class of fellows! Congratulations! 🤩🍾

LET'S TALK HIV BOSTON

On World AIDS Day, we join together in solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember those we’ve lost to HIV/AIDS.

While new funding cuts jeopardize years of progress in HIV/AIDS research, we remain committed to providing life-saving resources and care to our Boston community.

Free Vaccine Clinics in Boston Everyone ages six months and older is encouraged to get the updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Pregnant parents, babies, and older adults should consult their health care professional about RSV vaccin...

We’re hosting FREE vaccine clinics at @bcyf.boston.gov centers in Roslindale, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, South Boston, and the North End.

No insurance, identification, or appointment needed.

Learn more at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.

Today we officially rebrand as the site of the unified Mass General Brigham Division of Infectious Diseases!

We congratulate Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA on being named Division Chief and we thank BWH ID Division Dan Kuritzkes, MD for his exemplary leadership these past 13 years.

This #WorldAIDSDay, help us call on Congress to fully fund federal HIV programs: idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/148...

Elton John speaks at podium. Text reads: I lost hundreds of friends to AIDS. I built a chapel in my home so I'd never forget them. But the real danger is that the world has already forgotten. Don't look away.

This has been the toughest year for the global HIV response in decades. It feels like the world is looking away again.

Every minute, someone dies from AIDS-related causes. Not for lack of tools but for lack of attention and political will.

This #WorldAIDSDay, don’t look away.

World AIDS Day is on Dec. 1.

Since 2004, global deaths have been in decline due to greater access to diagnostics, treatment & prevention.

This hard-won progress is now at risk due to major cuts to global public health.

We can't afford to go backward.

Epstein-Barr-virus-specific functional antibody signatures in the context of nasopharyngeal carcinoma development Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in endemic areas is strongly linked to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. EBV-specific immunoglobulin (Ig)A and IgG ti…

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PrEP and contraceptive persistence among young women receiving sexual and reproductive health services through hair salons in South Africa

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Guidelines for T cell nomenclature - Nature Reviews Immunology This Consensus Statement clarifies the existing subset-based nomenclature for T cells. Furthermore, it proposes an alternative modular nomenclature that is designed to be brief and flexible and to avo...

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Hepatitis B Elimination in the US Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains an important yet underaddressed public health issue in the US. The prevalence of chronic HBV in the US ranges between 0.5 and 2.5 million people (0.5% to 0.7%...

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Association of HPV on risk of HIV acquisition in african women: Analyses from MTN-020/ASPIRE

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Scalp haircuts, keloids and blood-borne virus transmission risk in South Africa—The SHAKA study Background The most frequent transmission modes of blood-borne infections (BBI), including HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C (HCV), are well documented. South Africa, an HIV epicentre, with HBV endem...

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The Role of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy:

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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

Hello #bluesky
The annual #HCWvsHunger competition starts again on November 27. We have formed our #IDSky, #publichealth, #vaccineswork team again: #mealioidosis. Go to hcwvshunger.org for more info! @hcwvshunger.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social @cudivofid.bsky.social

Mass. Health Officials Call Out CDC Over Vaccine Claims | WBZ NewsRadio 1030 DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein says the CDC is spreading vaccine misinformation that is "deeply troubling and even dangerous."

DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein says the CDC is spreading vaccine misinformation that is "deeply troubling and even dangerous."

Anal cancer screening: a balanced approach is necessary Hayden S Andrews, M.D, Meena Murthy, C.N.P, Benjamin T Davis, M.D; Anal cancer screening: a balanced approach is necessary, Clinical Infectious Diseases, ,

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