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Scott O'Neill

@ScottLOneill

CEO, World Mosquito Program Group

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Katılım Temmuz 2012
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WHO African Region
WHO African Region@WHOAFRO·
Several countries in the African region are currently experiencing severe outbreaks of dengue, with Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Mali being the most affected. Dengue, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes🦟, poses a significant health challenge in the region.
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World Mosquito Program (WMP)
World Mosquito Program (WMP)@MosquitoProgram·
🇱🇦 In partnership with @save_children & Lao PDR Ministry of Health, our Wolbachia method reached 32 villages, impacting 86K people in the battle against #dengue. Here's a closer look at our journey & and the inspiring stories of those involved. #WeWelcomeWolbachia 👇Thread 👇1/6
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Rory Gibb
Rory Gibb@roryjgibb·
Our new paper on dengue emergence in Vietnam is out now in @NatureComms! We studied the role of urban infrastructure, climate change and mobility in shaping patterns of dengue disease, and here's what we found (🧵1/7) nature.com/articles/s4146…
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WHO Foundation
WHO Foundation@WHOFoundation·
Ever heard of Wolbachia? 🦟 This naturally occurring bacteria plays a crucial role – when introduced to mosquitoes, it inhibits their ability to transmit diseases like dengue fever, Zika, and malaria! 🌍✨ #COP28 #ClimateAction #MosquitoMagic
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Omar Akbari
Omar Akbari@Omar_Akbari_·
As temperatures rise, dengue fever infections keep surging around the world | CBC News cbc.ca/news/health/de…
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nature@Nature·
Three cities in Colombia saw a dramatic fall in dengue in the years following the introduction of mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia, a bacterium that prevents the insect from transmitting viruses go.nature.com/49gARZC
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Bruno Col
Bruno Col@suspendedwords·
3 cities in Colombia saw a dramatic fall in the incidence of dengue following the introduction of mosquitoes carrying @WMPglobal’s Wolbachia. In neighbourhoods where our Wolbachia were well established, dengue incidence dropped by 94–97%. 👇🏼 nature.com/articles/d4158…
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New paper suggesting that bias in trial design might have resulted in an underestimation of the measured efficacy of Wolbachia for controlling dengue in Indonesian trial gh.bmj.com/content/8/8/e0…
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Perran Ross
Perran Ross@MosWhisperer·
Wolbachia evolves rapidly in cell lines, in contrast to long-term stability in novel insect hosts. Fascinating and important work! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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