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Mami Taniuchi

@mt2fus

Infectious Disease researcher working in low income countries to improve the lives of children

 Charlottesville, VA
Joined June 2019
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G Kang@GKangInd15 Feb 2025
Gentle and driven-- great profile of Dr. Qadri and her work at icddr,b. The fight against cholera is far from over. This Bangladeshi scientist is at the front lines | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
The fight against cholera is far from over. This Bangladeshi scientist is at the front lines

The fight against cholera is far from over. This Bangladeshi scientist is at the front lines

Firdausi Qadri hopes widespread use of cheap oral cholera vaccines can help vanquish an old scourge

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I’m proud to join the supporters from all over the world calling for global leaders to #MakePolioHistory. We have the tools & knowledge to #EndPolio,so let’s deliver on that promise today. Thanks @sohinisbandy for taking this video :) @EndPolioNow @gatesfoundation @gateshealth
EndPolioNow (@EndPolioNow) profile pictureEndPolioNow@EndPolioNow16 Oct 2023
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And @anandaonline knows that a polio-free world 🌍 is possible, and within our reach. #MakePolioHistory #EndPolio youtube.com/watch?v=8NBrumCu…
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UVa Biology@uvabio8 Sep 2023
We are hiring multiple #Microbiology and/or #Infectiousdisease tenure-track Assistant Professors! Come join us in the interdisciplinary Department of Biology at University of Virginia! Questions to search chair at [email protected] or apply at apply.interfolio.com/130419
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UVA doctor receives $2.5M grant to track infectious diseases in Dhaka (nbc29.com)
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- Charlottesville and Central Virginia News, Sports, and Weather.

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Amy Pickering@SeqH2O4 May 2023
"Successful water treatment technologies require a deeper understanding of users’ challenges" @katyac_h2o engineering.berkeley.edu/new…
Researchers reveal the ‘hidden’ costs of drinkable water - Berkeley Engineering

Researchers reveal the ‘hidden’ costs of drinkable water - Berkeley Engineering

Successful water treatment technologies require a deeper understanding of users’ challenges

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Gwladwr@gwladwr24 Apr 2023
Wastewater Monitoring in Wales. Welsh Government Weekly Report 20/04/23... "Since the last report, SARS-CoV-2 viral load has decreased across the Country. The signal decreased in 9 regions, increased in 3 regions, and remained level in 2 regions."
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A reusable tangential-flow filtration system is developed and applied to concentrate viruses form wastewater for robust performance of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing. Read more in ACS ES&T Water: go.acs.org/4nu
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Gwladwr@gwladwr4 Apr 2023
Wastewater Monitoring in Wales. Welsh Government Weekly Report 30/03/23... "Since the last report, SARS-CoV-2 viral load has increased across the country. The signal increased in 9 regions, decreased in 4 regions, and remained level in 1 region."
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Our latest article "Stabilization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater via rapid RNA extraction" published in @STOTEN_journal authors.elsevier.com/a/1gqD0… @COVIDPoops19 @WBE_papers #STOTEN #WBE
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We're excited to announce a new Fellowship programme in partnership with @BritishCouncil to support the next generation of leading women scientists from South Asia. Find out more and apply ⬇️ ow.ly/mt6X50NAKto
Imperial launches call for next generation of women scientists from South Asia | Imperial News |...

Imperial launches call for next generation of women scientists from South Asia | Imperial News |...

Imperial has launched a programme to help nurture the next generation of leading women scientists from South Asia.

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UVA ID@UVA_ID1 Mar 2023
Two ID faculty were honored at the @MedicineUVA awards tonight: Barb Mann with the Women in Medicine Leadership award and @PEHJackson for clinical excellence
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Alex Shaw@AlexShaw_AS19 Dec 2022
And to finish off, the lab have performed near-whole genome sequencing of poliovirus in single reads using native barcoding. Great work! @OmaniMOH @VaccineEpi @NIBSC_MHRA @MRC_Outbreak @polionanopore
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Great papers here for those interested in polio/VDPVs. Lots of amazing work has gone into the novel OPV2 that will hopefully reduce the risk of VDPV emergence going forward. cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
Engineering the Live-Attenuated Polio Vaccine to Prevent Reversion to Virulence

Engineering the Live-Attenuated Polio Vaccine to Prevent Reversion to Virulence

The live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV; Sabin vaccine) can revert to neurovirulent variants, causing safety concerns. Yeh et al. engineer a poliovirus vaccine strain (nOPV2) that preserves...

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The virus that causes polio has been detected in a concerning number of sewage samples in London, health officials have said. The disease was common in the UK in the 1950s but was eliminated by 2003. But 2022 and polio anti-vaxxers now welcome it back. bbc.com/news/health-61896411
Polio virus detected in London sewage samples

Polio virus detected in London sewage samples

Health officials say parents should ensure their children have been vaccinated against the disease.

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Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach dlvr.it/SSNyHz
Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach - PubMed

Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach - PubMed

Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19...

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Nick Grassly@VaccineEpi16 May 2022
Great meeting on environmental surveillance for multiple pathogens hosted by @gatesfoundation in London Building on COVID-19 momentum and learning from polio, typhoid, can we build systems for other priority diseases -> & make data useful for policy Thanks @supriyakumar & co
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BREAKING: The ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) has classified Omicron Sub Lineages BA.4 and BA. 5 as Variants of Concern, marking the first public health authority to change classification of Omicrons sub lineages as a VOC. 🧵
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Jacob John@jebujohn29 Mar 2022
XDR typhoid is a clear and present danger that can be devastating. Ensuring safe water, sanitation must remain high on the public health agenda. Typhoid conjugate vaccines are better at prevention than as outbreak responses. @MoHFW_INDIA @DrSelvaTN @ncdirindia @DBTIndia
Zoe Anne Dyson (@msmicrobiocode) profile pictureZoe Anne Dyson@msmicrobiocode29 Mar 2022
Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi Outbreak by Waterborne Infection — Beijing Municipality, China, January–February 2022 weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/articl…

Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi Outbreak by Waterborne Infection — Beijing...

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Happy 209th Birthday to the Father of Field Epidemiology... John Snow! In 1854, Dr. Snow was able to determine the source of the London cholera outbreak using disease mapping. #JohnSnow #Epidemiology
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UVA ID@UVA_ID9 Mar 2022
Congratulations to UVA ID's Dr. Scott Heysell and @OtoKibong's Dr. @MpagamaStellah on a new @Fogarty_NIH D43 grant “Developing Research Leaders at the Intersection of #Malnutrition and #Tuberculosis in Tanzania" to train Tanzanian post-docs to scientific independence @CGHEUVA
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