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Dr. Carlos Chaccour πŸ¦ŸπŸ”šπŸ’Š

@Carlos_Chaccour

Global health and Development at @ncid_unav. Husband. Father of 5. De Venezuela πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺ
Joined November 2017
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Dr. Carlos Chaccour πŸ¦ŸπŸ”šπŸ’Š @Carlos_Chaccour
So many years to get here.
Thank you everyone who supported this along the way.
NEJM Verified account @NEJM Jul 23, 2025
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug that kills mosquitoes feeding on treated persons. In this trial in Kenya, ivermectin given once per month for 3 months led to a 26% lower incidence of malaria than albendazole. Full trial results: nej.md/4lIyNzB

Editorial: Ivermectin against Malaria β€” Good News in Bad Times nej.md/4lKsNq4
A graph showing the crude cumulative incidence of malaria infection in the 6 months after the start of three monthly rounds of mass administration of ivermectin at a dose of 400 ΞΌg per kilogram of body weight, as compared with albendazole at a dose of 400 mg.
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Dr. Carlos Chaccour πŸ¦ŸπŸ”šπŸ’Š @Carlos_Chaccour
The future of malaria control depends on innovation.

Join @MalariaNoMore this #WorldMosquitoDay for a virtual event on the next generation of malaria tools to accelerating progress toward elimination.

πŸ—“οΈ August 20 | 9am EDT
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Dr. Carlos Chaccour πŸ¦ŸπŸ”šπŸ’Š @Carlos_Chaccour
Our work on Robot Pen Pals has been covered by Gina Kolata at the @nytimes

nytimes.com/2025/11/04/sci…
www.nytimes.com The Editor Got a Letter From β€˜Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors. (Published 2025) The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.
Dr. Carlos Chaccour πŸ¦ŸπŸ”šπŸ’Š @Carlos_Chaccour
Letters to scientific journals surge as β€˜prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…
www.science.org Letters to scientific journals surge as β€˜prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI New study reinforces worries about β€œmass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs