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The Month in Virology Clinical Update | February 21, 2024

Date of Presentation: February 21, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Virology  

Keywords: #covid  #covid clinical updates  #covid treatment  #dengue  #herpes  #influenza  #long covid  #rebound  #rsv  

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, provides a clinical update on COVID-19, RSV and influenza. Then, Dr. Mera discusses emerging COVID-19 treatments, provides insight to long COVID, and discusses the latest updates on the recombinant zoster vaccine, dengue cases, and HCV.

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Presented by:

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS), the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Infectious Diseases. During recent years Jorge’s efforts have been dedicated to organizing the Cherokee Nation HCV elimination program, as well as the HIV/HCV ECHO project. He is also the Director of the HIV clinic since 2012 and the Principal Investigator of the End the HIV Epidemic for the CNHS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

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Date added: February 16, 2024