Lance Turtle
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Consultant in infectious diseases @LivHospitals, professor in infectious diseases @LivUni_IVES. I work on immunology/viral pathogenesis.
Liverpool, UK
Joined May 2011
RT @BrainIIGroup: Clinical prediction models for diagnosing scrub typhus & doxycycline-treatable causes in children with acute #encephaliti….
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RT @tommyrampling: Clin fellow post with PhD opportunities in the @HPRUezi. Amazing opportunity to do cutting edge research in emerging inf….
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Working in collaboration with:.@UKHSA .@tommyrampling.@OutbreakJake .@RunningMadProf .@ProfCalumSemple . and many others!. Link to post:
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JOB OPPORTUNITY:. Come and work with us in the @NIHRresearch Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections @HPRUezi. We have a post for a clinician to do a PhD in emerging infections and/or vector borne disease, working on national clinical studies.
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RT @RunningMadProf: Have you or someone you know recently been diagnosed with/hospitalised for, an arboviral infection such as dengue, Zika….
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RT @angie_rasmussen: I am the co-Editor-in-Chief of @Els_Vaccine & I’ll be the first to say that a lot about academic publishing needs refo….
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A good analogy!.
"I'm unvaccinated and I'm fine" is like saying "I drove home steaming drunk and made it back OK". Both can be true . Neither is a good idea.
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RT @BIGlobal_NIHR: Our intervention package improved #brain #infection diagnosis & management in Brazil India & Malawi. Published in @TheLa….
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RT @DrPaulOffit: RFK Jr. counters complaints about his reaction to the Texas measles epidemic.
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RT @xhschan: 1/3.Thrilled to be able to share the findings of the @PREPARE_EUROPE MERMAIDS Arbovirus study (21 hospitals in 7 countries ove….
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RT @BenedictNeuro: Chikungunya virus #neurological disease in India. Sequencing #virus reveals close relationship with 2016 Kenyan strain.….
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RT @ruthogden_tp: Thanks to funding from @ThePandemicInst, today we launch our project “Bridging the Oropouche virus communication gap”.….
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This is shocking behaviour by YouTube. Does scientific evidence mean nothing?.
@DrSusanOliver1 Here to help! The first step here is to appeal, which sends your channel directly to our policy team & they'll follow up with you over email. You can appeal in Studio or via this form: (1/2).
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I think perhaps the person who created the content for this training needs some additional training themselves….
Why did I waste 3 years getting a BSc in Microbiology with first class honours? After all of that, I didn't even know that vectors have nothing to do with the spread of infection. It turns out that infections are actually spread by dust. Loving NHS mandatory training!
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RT @i_iratus: Because, Peanut, Smallpox was officially eradicated in the 8th of May 1980, through the use of high doses of Iverme… wait, no….
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Interesting debate on respiratory mechanical ventilation in this thread. I’d be interested as to whether some of those posting have opinions on when ventilation is useful!.
Toby Young is going to be a peer. Hooray. Just as my life was being saved by being put on a ventilator, Lord Toby was explaining that this was 'actively harmful'. (April 2020).
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RT @gmcuk: Today, we’ve published a report on the outcome of our public consultation on the proposed rules, standards and guidance that we’….
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surprised to hear @James_A_Reed declare on @BBCr4today that “GPs are not mental health specialists.” Who do you think manages most mental illness in the country, then?.
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RT @profbuchan: As Omicron spread and isolated/quarantined hospital staff levels posed care risks, we showed marginal benefit from dual lat….
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