Andrew Haddow
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California teacher dies of rabies after being bitten by bat inside classroom www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
California teacher dies of rabies after animal bites her in classroom
The teacher died a month after encountering a bat in her Merced County classroom.
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Bad news for users of the free Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains (SALG) Instrument to perform adjustable course-evaluations Looks like the SALG site is offline, possibly permanently
The Dec 1 CIDRAP CWD newsletter features the latest case detections and studies, a discussion of best practices for road-killed cervid disposal, and a story on game processors' #CWD concerns #chronicwastingdisease mailchi.mp/umn/chronic-... Photo: Florida Fish & Wildlife / Flickr cc
‘I’m really shocked.’ Children not being vaccinated for mpox in Congo www.science.org/content/arti...
‘I’m really shocked.’ Children not being vaccinated for mpox in Congo
Regulatory and liability issues are delaying immunization of the most vulnerable group
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Immunological clues to sex differences in parasitic diseases www.cell.com/trends/paras...
Immunological clues to sex differences in parasitic diseases
The effect of sex on the prevalence and severity of parasitic diseases is an emerging area of research. Several factors underlie sex-based differences, including sociocultural influences that affect e...
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Evidence of Human Bourbon Virus Infections, North Carolina, USA wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Evidence of Human Bourbon Virus Infections, North Carolina, USA
Human Bourbon Virus Infections, USA
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We have a new pre-print on #Oropouche virus! Recent evidence suggests this emerging #bunyavirus may be associated with #verticaltransmission. Using ex vivo models of the placenta, we found villous trophoblasts are permissive to infection with the #prototype strain BeAn19991.
bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2y agoOropouche virus infects human placenta explants and trophoblast organoids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.16.623866v1
Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World
The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.
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our collaborative research with the Hanley, Rossi @rossilab.bsky.social, Azar @azarsr.bsky.social and Cecilia labs highlighting the importance of incorporating individual-level heterogeneity of vector biting in arbovirus transmission models just dropped. www.cell.com/iscience/ful....
Aedes albopictus is not an arbovirus aficionado when feeding on cynomolgus macaques or squirrel monkeys
Natural sciences; Biological sciences; Microbiology; Virology; Systems biology.
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First Case of Clade I Mpox Diagnosed in the United States emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han...
Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00519 | First Case of Clade I Mpox Diagnosed in the United StatesMinusSASstats
Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Fatal borealpox in an immunosuppressed patient treated with antivirals and vaccinia immunoglobulin — Alaska, 2023 academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Fatal borealpox in an immunosuppressed patient treated with antivirals and vaccinia immunoglobulin — Alaska, 2023
An elderly, immunocompromised man in Alaska, USA, died from disseminated borealpox virus (BRPV) infection despite antiviral treatment. This case highlights
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Jamaican fruit bats as an experimental model for virology and immunology GVN forefront of virology webinar featuring Dr. Tony Schountz Nov 26, 2024 02:00 PM EST us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: GVN Forefront of Virology Webinar featuring Dr. Tony Schountz. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Dr. Tony Schountz, PhD is professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Accomplished virol...
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Special Collection: Chagas Disease and Kissing Bugs @entsocamerica.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jme/pages/sp...
Chagas Disease and Kissing Bugs
Triatomine insects (a.k.a. kissing bugs) vector the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease, a neglected and deadly cardiac disease of hum
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Lrp1 facilitates infection of neurons by Jamestown Canyon virus @roguerifter.bsky.social Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Lrp1 facilitates infection of neurons by Jamestown Canyon virus
Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) is a bunyavirus and arbovirus responsible for neuroinvasive disease in the United States. Little is known about JCV pathogenesis, and no host factors required for cellular...
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Potential Single-Dose Smallpox and Mpox Vaccine Advances asm.org/press-releas...
Potential Single-Dose Smallpox and Mpox Vaccine Advances
FDA-approved vaccines for smallpox and mpox cause side effects or require multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the benefits of both strategies.
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Phage Display and Nanobodies: Treating Venomous Snake Bites Microbial Minutes: youtu.be/_2MRW1xrFWo
Phage Display and Nanobodies: Treating Venomous Snake Bites
YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology
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West Nile virus can be transmitted within mosquito populations through infectious mosquito excreta www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
West Nile virus can be transmitted within mosquito populations through infectious mosquito excreta
Tropical medicine; Disease; Pathogenic organism
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