This week, US measles totals reached 1,454, a 750-plus-day SARS-CoV-2 infection in a person with HIV informed care, implementation science efforts advanced access, and a universal flu adjuvant showed promise.
At ASM Microbe, Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH (University of California San Diego), reported that social determinants of health such as poverty, underinsurance, and transportation barriers, together with limited health literacy, reduce engagement with care, delay diagnosis, and contribute to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and subsequent infection risk, including health care associated infections. Citing her recent publication in Infectious Diseases and Therapy, she described a syndemic relationship between NCDs and multidrug-resistant infections observed in low- and middle-income countries and in parts of the United States. She called for prevention to receive equal priority with treatment and outcomes and highlighted a persistent gap in translation to practice. She recommended linking bench findings with clinical outcomes and patient sociodemographic data, for example mapping isolates and biologic mechanisms to therapeutic response, comorbidities, and population characteristics, to guide prevention and clinical management.
