Andrea Boggild, MD
@BoggildLab
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto // Medical Director, Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital // #NTDs #EDIIA @UHN @UofT
Toronto, Ontario
Joined November 2018
Half a century of resistance: Inside Grassy Narrows’ toxic relationship with mercury pollution Heartbreaking impact of corporate irresponsibility on an entire community: lives lost, life expectancy reduced, local economic opportunity devastated. #mercury.
The “wing-heeled” traveler has been published in the Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine & Vaccines (TDTMV) journal! A very interesting and informative paper about mercury intoxication syndrome: @BoggildLab @BioMedCentral.
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Congratulations to Hollenberg award winners!🎉.1. @jason_kwan4 1st place for #protozoa diagnostics paper 👉 2. @NessikhaK 2nd place for #VZV paper 👉 3. @MichaelKlowak 3rd place for PhD work on #leprosy 👉 🙌
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RT @BoggildLab: ❗️Publication alert❗️Out from @WHO: evidence review of aircraft disinsection efficacy, safety & tolerability 👉 https://t.co….
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RT @BoggildLab: ❗️Publication alert❗️Out from @WHO : “Malaria” in the updated “International Travel & Health” guidance. Honoured to contrib….
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out in @IJERPH_MDPI see our critical appraisal of the excellent updated @WildMedSociety guidelines on prevention & treatment of illnesses related to altitude, cold & snow exposure ❄️🏔👉 .Pre-travel medical consultation 🔑 to ⬇️ risks
Environmental Illnesses Of Travel. A most rivetting read for general and specific interest, from 2020. 👍⭐🤗💫💯👏👏👏👏👏 Prof Andrea @BoggildLab Important considerations for travel preparedness in all seasons and extreme climates worldwide.
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Made in Canada Directory | The Most Canadian-Made Products 🇨🇦
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out from @WHO : “Malaria” in the updated “International Travel & Health” guidance. Honoured to contribute to this 3rd module 👉 Malaria exacts a devastating toll in endemic areas & imperils health of travelers. Prevention 🔑: 🦟💉💊
❗️Publication alert❗️Out from @WHO : “Environmental health risks” in the newly updated “International Travel & Health” guidance. Honoured to have contributed to this second of many modules to come 👉 Increasingly important with extreme climatalogic events
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RT @zainahmad_99: Was such an incredible experience getting to work on this project — thank you so much @BoggildLab, and to all my colleagu….
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out from @WHO: evidence review of aircraft disinsection efficacy, safety & tolerability 👉 Honored to have led this systematic review & 🙌 to🔥team @MichaelKlowak @zainahmad_99 @candicceerm @mercedes_rj @jahmarhawk + Greg & Asal👏
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out in #ZoonoticDiseases, see our paper on potential Occupational Exposure to Equine Halicephalobus gingivalis 👉 Congrats to 🔥 contributors @CamilleRenee_ @soniaigboanugo @MichaelKlowak & entire team👏 Few human cases to inform ppx
1/19 Hope you can take a break from COVID-19 & Mpox reading for a Tuesday tweetorial on Eosinophilia in the Returned Traveler. This has taken me all of pandemic to push out but with planes in the sky, now is the time to be prepared😊 Buckle up for some serious tissue invasion🪱
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out in #Reports, see our paper on a False Positive Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test due to African Tick Bite Fever 👉 Spotted rash very unlikely with malaria unless there is coinfection with a second 🦠 Congratulations to 🔥 team 🙌👏!!
❗️Just what you’ve been waiting for❗️Sunday @BoggildLab #Tweetorial on Fever in the Returning Traveler!! 🤒✈️🏝🏖💉🦟🌞Buckle up, friends 😊🙏🙏 @MedTweetorials @AcademicChatter #AcademicChatter #MedTweetorials #Fever #Travel #VectorBorneDisease #VaccinesWork 1/23.
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out in #JClinMed, see our paper on Dietary Interventions for Chronic Neuropathic Pain, which is a major source of morbidity in those with #leprosy 👉 Congrats to all contributors incl @UofTIMS ⭐️ @MichaelKlowak @rachel___lau & 🔥team
A short tweetorial in honor of #WorldLeprosyDay today. Leprosy is a stigmatizing infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which affects skin, peripheral nerves & eyes, leading to disfigurement & disability if not treated. See primer for MDs:. 1/7.
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❗️Publication Alert❗️Out in @FrontiersIn #Nutrition, see editorial: “Food As Medicine” on 🔥 papers published in our research topic 👉 The topic adds to the robust science underpinning food as both prevention & cure for many nutrition-related illnesses
❗️Call for papers❗️Honoured & delighted to be co-Editing the @FrontiersIn Nutrition research topic “Food as Medicine” with super⭐️ colleague @MicaelaKarlsen of @ACLifeMed🙏 Deadline extended to Sept! See link👇& send your work!🙏 . . #nutrition #medicine.
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❗️Research Topic Alert❗️Out in @FrontiersIn #Nutrition, see our collection on “Food As Medicine” 👉 E-book to follow! TY to @ACLifeMed & co-editor @MicaelaKarlsen for support & contributions 🙏🙌.@BethFratesMD @drmaggarwal @DrMarthaGulati @KoushikReddyMD.
I snapped a photo of this on the wall of a healthy restaurant a few years ago. It's just as relevant today as it was then. #healthyeating #healthyfood #health
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❗️Publication alert❗️Out in @TAInfDis : see our paper on pathogenic & non-pathogenic bacteria identified in ulcers of cutaneous leish 👉 Congratulations to🔥team @BryanAGascon @ruwandi_k91 @rachel___lau @PriyankaChalla7 @braulio_mark @JordanKM19 💪👏🙌
6/19 Leishmaniasis is another ulcerating skin condition in returned travelers & transmitted to humans by sandflies. Greatest risk areas include C & S America & Middle East. Cutaneous leish from S America can progress to involve the nose, mouth, and larynx = mucosal leishmaniasis.
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