Christina Yek
@chc_yek
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Critical Care and Infectious Diseases physician at the National Institutes of Health. Alumnus of U of Cambridge, UTSWIM. Views are my own.
Bethesda, MD
Joined July 2017
Using a difficult-to-treat resistance index to gauge imbalance between countries’ antibiotic resistance prevalence and access to antibiotics @chc_yek @SameerKadri12
https://t.co/V3YX9Tvw1y
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Chargé d’Affaires Bridgette Walker met with Cambodia’s Minister of Health, H.E. Prof. Chheang Ra, to reaffirm the United States' commitment to improving health outcomes and quality of life for all Cambodians. Their discussion highlighted the importance of the enduring
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Record breaking #dengue outbreaks worldwide have put the virus in the spotlight like never before. @kamalat discusses how climate change made 2024 the deadliest year of dengue https://t.co/Bz3iTlX3VE
bmj.com
Record breaking outbreaks worldwide have put the virus in the spotlight like never before. Kamala Thiagarajan asks why—and what are we doing to try to stop it? Neelika Malavige knows first hand the...
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Thrilled to share our latest preprint entitled "Emergence of a Novel Reassortant Clade 2.3.2.1c Avian Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Associated with Human Cases in Cambodia". #H5N1 #Cambodia #OneHealth #PublicHealth #GenomicSurveillance #Zoonosis #Influenza
https://t.co/wTt0rUG8Du
medrxiv.org
After nearly a decade without reported human A/H5N1 infections, Cambodia faced a sudden resurgence with 16 cases between February 2023 and August 2024, all caused by A/H5 clade 2.3.2.1c viruses....
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2024 is the worst year for dengue cases on record, with over 10 million cases already reported globally. A Lancet Editorial highlights the need for a multipronged and multidisciplinary approach to halt the spread of dengue virus: https://t.co/xnSsOu3H4r
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https://t.co/ITMk1jI2aI Just dropping this here. Come see what we are all about! @BethesdaID @Strengthie @NIAIDTraining @JMRocco5 @SeretIDirini @VeroNussenMD @LionakisLab @tarapalmore
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Can’t wait to get started with these on our studies of host-pathogen (+/-vector) interactions in dengue, melioidosis, and other endemic diseases in 🇰🇭
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This week we welcomed two exciting arrivals at @NIAIDNews ICER Cambodia. After 9 months of planning, shopping, planning, training, and more planning, our BD flow cytometer and ONT sequencer finally made it to the lab!
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Loved my time there with fellow Ashley Park, ECCCOs Ken and Fred, residents Dube and Yei, and students. Excellent clinical cases ranging from transfusion-acquired severe malaria, heme malignancies with spontaneous TLS and leukostasis, organophosphate poisoning, and more.
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Kijabe is located at the rim of the Rift Valley. Fellows spend 4 weeks there running a 5 bed ICU + 10 bed HDU, leading a team of multidisciplinary learners from all around Africa (residents and students from Liberia, Malawi, Gambia, and more)
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Carbapenems Overused for Drug-Resistant Enterobacterales Infections https://t.co/kXlfGVEEoI
@chc_yek @sarahrenee314 @NIHCritCare @NIHClinicalCntr @IDSAInfo Congrats to lead author @morgan_walker4 !
medpagetoday.com
Stewardship needs improving, experts say
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"These data call for improvements in the rational use of #antibiotics to minimize unnecessary negative consequences for patients and population," @NIAIDNews's @chc_yek says.
cidrap.umn.edu
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#NIAID scientists developed a new tool that could help identify geographic hot spots for Aedes mosquitoes, which can spread diseases such as #dengue and #Zika, using a marker from blood serum of people bitten by the mosquitoes. Learn more at https://t.co/U5O4uehbiR
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My tour guide was none other than NIAID rep and chief of @NIAIDNews LIR International HIV/STD section Dr. Steve Reynolds, here symbolically representing intramural research spanning both hemispheres!
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Had a great time touring ICER Uganda and learning about how the program here transformed HIV care and research in the region. @NIAIDNews @NIH
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Subcutaneous Administration of a Monoclonal Antibody to Prevent Malaria | New England Journal of Medicine https://t.co/lyCxwZluvM congrats @NIAIDNews team & all on an outstanding accomplishment in the global fight vs #malaria @ASTMH
nejm.org
Subcutaneous administration of the monoclonal antibody L9LS protected adults against controlled Plasmodium falciparum infection in a phase 1 trial. Whether a monoclonal antibody administered subcut...
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TODAY‼️ Come check out our @NIH ARORI research at #ESCMIDGlobal #ECCMID2024 @ESCMID that shows persistently elevated post-pandemic rates of AMR in the U.S., largely due to MDR gram negs 💊🧫! PRESS RELEASE:
eurekalert.org
Hospital-related infections resistant to carbapenems, considered the antibiotics of last resort for treating severe infections, remain at least 35% higher than before the pandemic. Findings also...
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Proud of @morgan_walker4 and her first auth pub in Lancet ID! @SameerKadri12 @sarahrenee314 @NIH ARLG using big data to study US AMR epi
🆕️🔥Large retrospective cohort study @TheLancetInfDis
@SameerKadri12 Carbapenem use in extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales infections in US hospitals and influence of @IDSAInfo guidance #idxposts
https://t.co/RUgbBIu3qY
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