We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit niche. The piece answers several questions I encounter on Twitter now, and includes its fair share of quirky facts/factoids about infection. https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B https://t.co/qiLL6BjT1j
Q&A: What are pathogens, and what have they done to and for us?
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Several discussions highlight the article’s explanation of how a tiny fraction of microbes are pathogens, with terms like 'light read' and 'must consider' reflecting genuine interest. Words like 'didáctico-informativo' and references to scientific research suggest that readers engaged deeply with its content, recognizing its significance in understanding microbial roles in health and disease.
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- Microbes, including bacteria, are found all around us and inside us, especially in our gut, outnumbering our human cells, and most are harmless or beneficial, supporting health in humans, animals, and plants.
- Some microbes are pathogens, which can cause harmful diseases by damaging their hosts, and these infectious diseases have historically been the leading cause of death in humans, influencing our evolution and history.
- Overall, microbes have played a dual role: most are helpful, but some are dangerous pathogens that have shaped human populations and our evolutionary path over time.]
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Most liked on X and BlueskyWe know fairly little about past infectious diseases. Few pathogens leave distinctive marks on bones. Phylogenetic estimates based on modern samples are problematic. The best approach is to directly retrieve genetic material from ancient remains. https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B 2/ https://t.co/8LBuqOt2w5
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@GazetteCoco You're most welcome. For a light read that touches on this, you may have a look at a paperlet we wrote with @LucyvanDorp. For a proper, mathematical take on this you would have to read the wonderful book by Anderson and May (https://t.co/iwPs4tXQVy) https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B
Q&A: What are pathogens, and what have they done to and for us? https://t.co/1FybuPmwsY
Me pareció muy didáctico-informativo está artículo del epidemiólogo-tuitero @BallouxFrancois sobre la biología & historia de infecciones y epidemia, para tratar de comprender si estamos en situación apocalíptica o relativamente »normal @Davidpati @tduartea https://t.co/6vRGKMTPe8
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https://t.co/YWxY7CzF0v "Specifically, about one in a billion microbial species is a human pathogen. Indeed, approximately 1400 human pathogens have been described, whereas it has been estimated that there are one trillion microbial species on Earth, the vast majority of..."
Q&A: What are pathogens, and what have they done to and for us? https://t.co/1FybuPmwsY
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RT @BallouxFrancois: We know fairly little about past infectious diseases. Few pathogens leave distinctive marks on bones. Phylogenetic est…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We know fairly little about past infectious diseases. Few pathogens leave distinctive marks on bones. Phylogenetic est…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We know fairly little about past infectious diseases. Few pathogens leave distinctive marks on bones. Phylogenetic est…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We know fairly little about past infectious diseases. Few pathogens leave distinctive marks on bones. Phylogenetic est…
We know fairly little about past infectious diseases. Few pathogens leave distinctive marks on bones. Phylogenetic estimates based on modern samples are problematic. The best approach is to directly retrieve genetic material from ancient remains. https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B 2/ https://t.co/8LBuqOt2w5
@GazetteCoco You're most welcome. For a light read that touches on this, you may have a look at a paperlet we wrote with @LucyvanDorp. For a proper, mathematical take on this you would have to read the wonderful book by Anderson and May (https://t.co/iwPs4tXQVy) https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B
@federicolois @PartofIm @maestro_rayo Myxomatosis is still an extremely lethal pathogen (50-95% mortality) ... of rabbits allegedly. For more see e.g. https://t.co/shtEWDcZzC, or even more (below). https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B:
@Stf841 @DrTarekArab @jw_bagpuss @DrAseemMalhotra The "toxins" you are so worried about are in smaller quantities that are naturally ingested / exist within the human body. As you claim to be a BioSci then perhaps you can read this about viruses being pathogenic https://t.co/dbvaZVYkSY
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@astromicronauta De acuerdo con este documento publicado en BMC biology, una cosa es un patógeno y otra es su virulencia. De ahí que los asintomáticos, sí, están infectados por un patógeno. Saludos. https://t.co/GFojy3GoPB https://t.co/Se1BBR0VK3
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @osfa_11: Me pareció muy didáctico-informativo está artículo del epidemiólogo-tuitero @BallouxFrancois sobre la biología & historia de i…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
Me pareció muy didáctico-informativo está artículo del epidemiólogo-tuitero @BallouxFrancois sobre la biología & historia de infecciones y epidemia, para tratar de comprender si estamos en situación apocalíptica o relativamente »normal @Davidpati @tduartea https://t.co/6vRGKMTPe8
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
RT @BallouxFrancois: We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit nic…
We wrote a Q&A on pathogens, plagues and pestilence with @LucyvanDorp in the pre-Covid19 era, when this was a bit niche. The piece answers several questions I encounter on Twitter now, and includes its fair share of quirky facts/factoids about infection. https://t.co/ZxLzipTZ2B https://t.co/qiLL6BjT1j
@AdamSerwer Here's a fun read! https://t.co/n6GckDI8s5
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