Ajit Karna, BVScAH, MPH, PhD
@AjitKarna
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Veterinarian, @UNSW alum, @ColoradoStateU alum, postdoc @nmsu | epidemiology, virology, vector bio, animal-math model | Founder Open Lab| Opinions are my own
Kathmandu, Nepal
Joined June 2014
Thrilled to see an email from @RSTMH that my grant proposal to work on Yellow fever virus in Brazil is going to be funded. I am already looking forward to the trip and becoming a proud member of the society. #virology #epidemiology #onehealth 🦟🦠💼🐒✈️
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Land Use Change and Coronavirus Emergence Risk - our new work looking at the nexus of land use change around SARSr-CoV bat hosts in Asia & what might tip some locations into being high risk locations in the future https://t.co/cqF9Ouy63j (feedback welcome)
medrxiv.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) causing coronaviruses are mostly discovered in Asian horseshoe bats. It is still unclear how ongoing land use changes...
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Our new preprint: Whence the next pandemic? Intersecting global geography of the animal-human interface, poor health systems & air transit centrality reveals conduits for high-impact spillover: https://t.co/3D6HyT6mts
@MarieBashirInst @MAHE_Manipal @SS_GlobalHealth @siobhanmor
medrxiv.org
The health and economic impacts of infectious disease pandemics are catastrophic as most recently manifested by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The emerging infections that lead to substantive...
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Does anyone willing to share their SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus to a lab in a resource-limited settings - Nepal (Not a single BSL-3 in the country)? Any other alternative suggestions? #covid19 @ChdsNepal
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Setting up my CDC light traps in Kathmandu after heavy rain stopped.🤞 for Culex tritaeniorhynchus, quinqs, Ae aeg/albo
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Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil https://t.co/ybVgPJLsnk Nice work by @CaddeProject ! Happy to colaborate in it! Congrats @candido_darlan
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Protecting #foodsystems and livelihoods using #onehealth measures- Qualitave risk assessment for evaluating the risk of exposure of #SARS_CoV_2 from animals and their products to humans and animals @FAOAnimalHealth
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Many people experience a temporary loss of smell ("anosmia") as a result of #COVID19 infection - why? Based on this autopsy study, it looks like anosmia is due to inflammation of the nerves at the level of the nose rather than in the brain. https://t.co/VE1BfOijud
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I am happy to share that our, @ChdsNepal, proposal for #COVID19 diagnostic development in Nepal is now accepted for funding from Nepal’s National Academy of Science and Technology. We are grateful for the opportunity, and now recruiting Nepalese students. Please RT/DM me.
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Why local data, local decision making, strong community public health response and coordination will be important for the next phase @davidnabarro @WHO @ICMRDELHI @MoHFW_INDIA @NITIAayog @JeremyFarrar @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO
https://t.co/HoVVH52BMo
blogs.bmj.com
We anticipate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resulting disease covid-19 will remain an ever-present threat to the world for the foreseeable future. It makes sense that until now many [...]More...
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Excellent mentor to work with on AMR.
Are you interested in a postdoc position in @SidThakur_AMR lab to work on delineating the bacterial AMR in broilers and their environment? Background in metagenomics, WGS, AMR, Bioinformatics is preferred. @CVMResearch @NCStateVetMed . Link: https://t.co/En3UpoXyc2. Please RT.
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Although I went on investigating multiple cases and tracing their contacts, yesterday I had to interview the family of a COVID19 deceased individual. It was emotionally tough part of the investigation.
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Some very good practical considerations to estimate Rt. I found the section on adjusting for reporting delays especially useful: https://t.co/W4vWtMLccb work by @sarahcobey @KatieMG + many more
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Interesting viewpoint about #COVID19 infecting other animals & acting as a "reservoir" for future infection. Already appears to be human->mink->human transmission. Animal reservoirs lower chances of eradication and further highlights need for a vaccine. https://t.co/5F1YEd5Mjd
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Someone who needs to improve is certainly reading it!
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Their data suggests that asymptomatic individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 may contribute to virus transmission within the workplace. Very neat findings and comes in a right time!
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5-6wks of observation. The data reveal a high degree of asympt infection, a strong correlation between RNA detection and the presence of infectious virus in NP swabs, persistent RNA in a subset of individuals, and declining incidence over time.
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What are current best practices in running practical classes during this time of lockdown in Nepal. Any suggestions? @AcademicChatter #covid19
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We are proud to be able to pin Nepal as one of the collaborators of Global Health division of North Carolina State University, Nepal.
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