Pere-Joan Cardona💐🦠

@pjcardona14.bsky.social

Head of Microbiology Department Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. #HUGTIP @igtp.bsky.social #uab #Microbiology #TBsky #Tuberculosis #Mycobacteria #Microbiome #Antibiotics #systemsbiology #immunity #Coinfection #Vaccines #flourishment #Catalunya

I’ve been trying to understand what we know and don’t know so far about the concerning Ebola outbreak in DRC. Still lots of uncertainty at the moment but here‘s what I have been able to find out so far. Story is here (thread coming later): www.science.org/content/arti...

Major outbreak of rare Ebola virus species in northern Congo alarms scientists

No vaccines exist for Ebola Bundibugyo, which has caused 80 suspected deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one in Uganda

science.org

I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. My story in @science.org is here (and some threaded thoughts coming): www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #IDsky

Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory

Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers

science.org