Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats
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Dedicated to improving local and global health through research on infectious diseases and building capacity to respond to novel threats as they emerge.
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined April 2022
Want to see the variety of infectious disease papers published by MCIDT affiliates all in one place? Check out the publication page on the MCIDT website to stay up to date on the latest in infectious disease research here at the University of Michigan
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MCIDT affiliate Joseph Eisenberg +others find via modeling that shared sanitation venues in resource-poor settings may act as important drivers of respiratory disease transmission with type/order of interventions being essential to attenuating disease risk
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Learn how MCIDT Affiliate Adam Lauring and his team use viral surveillance to track respiratory viruses, at both the state and national level, to inform vaccine guidelines and provide early warnings of potential outbreaks to the community:
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MCIDT Trainee Jose Victor Zambrana and Director Dr. Gordon found that the serotype distribution in inapparent dengue infections is more complex than previously believed compared to symptomatic cases, identifying differences in clinical outcomes by serotype
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Check out this seminar on May 21st sponsored by MCIDT Director Aubree Gordon on Repeat Influenza Vaccination Effects. This will be presented by Ben Cowling, the Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health
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Register for the 2025 Public Health Prepared Annual Summit, a program of MCIDT. The event, on May 30th, will bring together those working around infectious disease and emergency preparedness/response in Michigan, both in person and virtually!
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Congratulations to MCIDT affiliate Janet Smith on being one of the scholars selected in the 2025 Class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Smithâs research hopes to expand our understanding biological processes through protein molecule structure
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MCIDT Affiliate @robertpdickson and others find that red blood cells (RBCs) can be an overlooked reservoirs for bacterial DNA (bDNA) which can influence host inflammatory response, with sepsis patients RBCs harboring more bDNA than healthy patients
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MCIDT Affiliate Diane Harper and others find that in people aged 30-65 a speculum exam for HPV screening is unnecessary because self-sampling is equally reliable, which could improve overall screening experiences and increase screening accessibility
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Congrats to MCIDT Affiliates Denise Kirschner and Adam Lauring for being elected as 2025 fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology. Both have advanced their respective fields, Dr. Kirschner researching Tuberculosis and Dr. Lauring researching RNA viruses.@UMMicroImmuno.
Join us in congratulating the newly elected 65 fellows to the American Academy of Microbiology! Fellows are elected annually through a selective, peer-review process based on their scientific achievements and original contributions. Read more:
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Check out MCIDT Affiliate Christiane Wobus's comments in Science News regarding Norovirus infection, how its genetic diversity is impacting vaccine development, and how to avoid getting it.-.-.@UMMicroImmuno.
Norovirus is highly infectious and leads to vomiting, diarrhea and nausea. The virus appears to be hitting the United States especially hard this winter.
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MCIDT Affiliate Jon Zelner et al found that a key factor in the mortality rate gap between Black and White Michigan residents during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic was differing infection timelines and the ability to âwait outâ high case fatality rate periods
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Check out MCIDT Director Aubree Gordonâs comments in NPR on how âviral interferenceâ due to increased influenza may be leading to this winterâs mildest COVID surge since the pandemic began:
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Due to weather difficulties, this seminar for 1/23 has been cancelled.
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MCIDT Affiliate @jpogue1 found that the antibiotic ceftolozane-tazobactam was associated with higher rates of clinical success in treating mutli-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa than the other common treatment ceftazidime-avibactam
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MCIDT affiliate Alice Telesnitsky, through the department of Microbiology and Immunology, will be hosting a seminar by Emory University School of Medicine Associate Professor Deanna Kulpa, PhD. Itâll cover long-term antiretroviral therapy and HIV reservoir reactivation
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Check out MCIDT Affiliate @PamelaTWong's comments in The Scientist regarding the barriers to nasal vaccination, and how better understanding them can help unlock the potential of mucosal delivery systems.
The next stage in vaccine defense could be through the nose. Recent studies demonstrate how novel adjuvants and better immune models can lead the way in designing nasal vaccines.
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Check out MCIDT affiliate Dr. Eisenburgâs comments in Science News on the risks associated with the classification of areas as urban or rural, and its implications on public health response efforts, highlighted when the âurbanâ virus dengue broke out in rural BorbĂłn, Ecuador.
âWhere do epidemiologists ⌠get the notion that âurbanâ and âruralâ make sense as disease descriptors?â
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RT @umichepid: The Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats @umichMCIDT is hiring an Administrative Coordinator/Project Coordinator fâŚ.
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