Important to remember that those who disembarked from the cruise ship are in the incubation period for #AndesVirus. While additional cases are concerning, they are not unexpected and underscore the need for close monitoring, rapid evaluation, and prompt isolation of anyone who develops symptoms.

I was submerged in work on the current hantavirus outbreak in the recent week and reminded myself how important social media can be during outbreaks! The team at our Centre did quite some work, diagnosing a case in Switzerland, identifying the Andes strain by RT-PCR & full genome released by friday

Since launching support for the Andes virus species of hantavirus two days ago, we have already received submissions from four countries' sequencing teams. This is a testament to the rapid response of researchers, sharing real-time data. Read more in our news post: pathoplexus.org/news/2026-05...

Pathoplexus | Andes virus: supporting response to the current hantavirus outbreak

Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.

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Thanks so much dear Krutika! It was a great team effort from our Centre getting this sequence and making it publicly available! Kudos the team in Geneva and Zurich!

Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA@krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great to see the sequence from the #Andes virus case in Switzerland shared so quickly. Rapid open data sharing is critical during outbreaks — it allows us to monitor for mutations, support diagnostic development, and understand transmission dynamics virological.org/t/complete-s...

WHO Nipah virus fact sheet www.who.int/news-room/fa...

Nipah virus fact sheet

WHO fact sheet on Nipah virus, including information on transmission, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and WHO's work in this area.

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And my group at the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases is also hiring: We are looking for a postdoc for our work on mucosal immunity and respiratory viruses! jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Professor position & Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Geneva! Exciting opportunity for an ID specialist & research opportunities in virology, bacteriology, immunology, public/global health, vaccinology, international Geneva... jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Professor position in Global Health at the University of Geneva, Institute of Global Health! This is really an exciting opportunity with lots of possibilities for collaborations, e.g. with our Centre, in the field of infectious diseases, international Geneva, WHO... jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Prof. Gisa Gerold @geroldlab.bsky.social Prof. Melanie Brinkmann @brinkmann-melanie.bsky.social Prof. Nicole Fischer Prof. Florian Klein Prof. Ulrike Protzer @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social Wer mehr über unsere Fachgesellschaft erfahren möchte: g-f-v.org

Beirat (auch hier allen ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch!): PD Hanna-Mari Baldauf @baldauflab.bsky.social Prof. Martin Beer Prof. Klaus Überall @klausueberla.bsky.social Prof. Friedemann Weber @friedemann.bsky.social Prof. Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social 2/3

Die GfV hat gewählt– neuer Vorstand und Beirat ab März '26! Vorstand: Präsidentin: @ciesek.bsky.social 1. Vizepräsident: @cdrosten.bsky.social 2. Vizepräsident: Prof. Jörg Timm Schriftführerin: Prof. Eva Herker Schatzmeister: Prof. Thomas Pietschmann Herzlichen Glückwunsch 💐! 1/3

Important read on challenges of continued SARS-CoV-2 surveillance provided by tools like Nextstrain, using GISAID data. Just one comment as someone who is using Nextstrain for my research, for keeping up to date and for scientific talks: nextstrain.org/blog/2025-11...

Nextstrain: Interruption to GISAID-based SARS-CoV-2 sequence analyses

Nextstrain blog post from 2025-11-06; author(s): Trevor Bedford, Richard Neher and the Nextstrain team

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I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear: This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited. The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.

Nextstrain@nextstrain.org · 9mo ago

On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5

Not great news to see Marburg spreading across the borders of the previously endemic areas. I was so happy to see that Ebola outbreak in the DRC over and now this...I hope the country will be able to get it under control soon.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The outbreak in Ethiopia is #Marburg virus, the first such outbreak for this country. 9 cases so far, including some health workers. x.com/drtedros/sta...

Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature

The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...

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Review of literature tidentified 10 reports of 18 cases of asymptomatic infection of humans with H5N1, including 2 cases with molecular and serologic confirmation and 16 cases with molecular confirmation alone. prospective surveillance studies required. 👉 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Klimakrise: Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu, Daten des Uno-Umweltprogramms: Der weltweite Klimaschutz reicht den Vereinten Nationen zufolge nicht aus, um die Erderwärmung entscheidend zu bremsen, trotz kleiner Fortschritte. Uno-Generalsekretär António Guterres warnt vor einem »Klimakollaps«.

Klimakrise: Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu, Daten des Uno-Umweltprogramms

Der weltweite Klimaschutz reicht den Vereinten Nationen zufolge nicht aus, um die Erderwärmung entscheidend zu bremsen, trotz kleiner Fortschritte. Uno-Generalsekretär António Guterres warnt vor einem »Klimakollaps«.

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That would have been big news a few years ago, unfortunately the great science that gives important understanding in coronaviruses is now back to the small circle of scientists. Anyway: A fully functional furin cleavage site in a bat betacorarnavirus! Congrats to the authors!

Kosuke Takada@kosuke-takada.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We’ve identified a highly divergent betacoronavirus from South American bat that encodes a functional furin cleavage site. Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs. #Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We’ve identified a highly divergent betacoronavirus from South American bat that encodes a functional furin cleavage site. Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs. #Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A divergent betacoronavirus with a functional furin cleavage site in South American bats

Bats are natural reservoirs for a wide range of RNA viruses. Members of the genus Betacoronavirus, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...

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EU Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

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Would never ever be possible today and I am quite pessimistic that we will eradicate another human disease in the years (decades?) to come.

WHO@who.int · 11mo ago

#ThrowbackThursday: In 1980 the 🌍🌎🌏 was declared #smallpox free, thanks to mass vaccination efforts. Smallpox was an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. #VaccinesWork

Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.

Costa Rica: Fledermäuse beim Umarmen gesichtet

Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.

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Our Paper "Evolving infectious disease dynamics shape school-based intervention effectiveness" is finally out in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41... This work was a great and intensive collaboration and I am incredibly proud of it - what did we do and what did we find?

Evolving infectious disease dynamics shape school-based intervention effectiveness - Nature Communications

School-based non-pharmaceutical interventions were widely used for COVID-19 control. Here, the authors use simulations to investigate how the potential effectiveness of these interventions can vary de...

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Ich bin will keinen Kulturkampf in der Politik - ich will eine faire Gesellschaft, eine funktionieren Bahn, keine Kinderarmut, ein funktionierendes Gesundheitssystem, keine Masern, saubere Luft, gut ausgestattete Schulen, Kinderbetreuung, unbelastete Lebensmittel, Fahrradwege, Klimaschutz....

Was viele nicht zu verstehen scheinen: Hier wurde ein Drehbuch durchgespielt, mit dem Ziel, eine für die AfD und damit für die schwarz-blaubraunen Träume gewisser Kreise bedrohlich wirkende Richterin zu verhindern und ein nur der AfD nützendes Kulturkampfszenario nach US-Vorbild durchzuziehen.

Are you an excellent researcher in the field of genomics of infectious diseases of intracellular pathogens (viruses, intracellular parasites or bacteria)? The apply for this chair of excellence at the University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Congratulations dear Christine!!

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine@lstmnews.bsky.social · last yr.

Tickets are now available for Professor Christine Goffinet's Inaugural Lecture! Book now, in Liverpool or online (Wednesday July 16, 5-7pm BST), to hear about her team's cutting-edge research uncovering interactions between viruses and the human host cell. www.tickettailor.com/events/lstm1....

Beautiful light on the beautiful art work in my office this morning. Trying to appreciate the small good things in life in this crazy world right now.

4.1% of ready-to-eat #salad bags in Europe may contain #Toxoplasma gondii. It is recommended to always wash these products before eating, especially for those at risk. doi.org/10.2807/1560...

Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in ready-to-eat salad mixes: multi-country survey using a validated and harmonised standard operating procedure, Europe, 2021 to 2022

Background Most Toxoplasma gondii infections in humans are considered foodborne, but the relative importance of the various routes of infection is largely unknown. Consumption of green produce contami...

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Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!

Simon Cauchemez@scauchemez.bsky.social · last yr.

New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June. research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...