Timothée Vergne
@timvergne.bsky.social
Associate Professor of veterinary public health at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse #ENVT 🇨🇵 Epidemiologist and infectious disease modeller Head of the @epidesa.bsky.social lab 🐔🐖🐮🦆🐗🦠💻
A powerful example of #OneHealth in action! #Rabies still kills around 60,000 people every year worldwide, despite being a fully preventable disease though the #vaccination of dog populations. Since 2023, @missionrabies.bsky.social has been carrying out massive vaccination campaigns in #Cambodia.
a bit delayed, but still hot: A phylodynamic study, conducted in southwestern France, on the importance of farm density when it comes to avian influenza spread: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @claireguinat.bsky.social @epidesa.bsky.social
Poultry farm density and proximity drive highly pathogenic avian influenza spread - Communications Biology
A study using phylodynamics to investigate highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 spread in southwestern France in 2020 and 2021 demonstrates that a single introduction led to rapid spread, mainly in duck farms, with farm density driving transmission.
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Interested in showcasing your infectious disease modelling skills? Want to help hone your teams' outbreak response capabilities in a simulated peacetime setting? Registration for the first-ever HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open!
HPAI Modelling Challenge@hpai-mod-challenge.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Registration is OPEN 🚨 Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI! Participate alongside other modelling teams as you: 🌍 simulate outbreaks 🧮 test management strategies 🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness #HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics
Chuffed to announce that registration for the HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open! Interested in testing your modelling team's outbreak response capabilities in a synthetic, peacetime setting? Want to contribute to the improvement of HPAI epidemic preparedness? Check out below:
HPAI Modelling Challenge@hpai-mod-challenge.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Registration is OPEN 🚨 Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI! Participate alongside other modelling teams as you: 🌍 simulate outbreaks 🧮 test management strategies 🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness #HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics
🚨 Registration is OPEN 🚨 Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI! Participate alongside other modelling teams as you: 🌍 simulate outbreaks 🧮 test management strategies 🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness #HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics
📢 New paper out! Since Oct 2023, France has vaccinated ducks against HPAI. Outbreaks dropped sharply. We estimated 314–756 outbreaks were expected, but saw 96–99% fewer. Vaccination likely key, but other factors still to explore. doi.org/10.3201/eid3... @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
African swine fever outbreaks in pigs fell by 83% in 2023, hitting the lowest level since 2017. The number of Member States affected by ASF declined, with Sweden now ASF-free. Our experts recommend continued focus on passive surveillance for early detection. europa.eu/!X6fBb8 #AfricanSwineFever
African swine fever outbreaks in pigs in the EU are falling
Last year African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs declined by 83% compared to 2023 (from 1,929 to 333), according to EFSA’s latest annual epidemiological report. The drop was mainly due t...
europa.eu
RECHERCHE - 🌍 Le projet WiLiMan-ID, financé par l’UE, lance The Deadly Five, une série de courts-métrages dédiée à 5 maladies infectieuses animales majeures, classées parmi les + préoccupantes mondialement. 🔗 urlr.me/rzQwsF @timvergne.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social
The Deadly Five - Actualité, Communiqué de presse, IHAP, Recherche - ENVT
Une nouvelle série de courts-métrages, The Deadly Five, met en lumière l’importance des maladies infectieuses animales dans le monde. Vienne, Autriche – 20 mars 2025 – Le projet WiLiMan-ID, financé ...
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Am looking for a highly motivated #PhD candidate to design innovative epidemiological surveillance strategies for avian #influenza in a #vaccination context, with field activities in Morocco. Interface between #virology and quantitative #epidemiology Apply by 30 April 2025 👉 lnkd.in/e8SXWA3U
So grateful to be part of a system that values scientific expertise for making evidence-based decisions! 🌍🇪🇺 Intense days at @efsa.europa.eu to finalise the annual report analysing the 2024 epidemiological situation on African swine fever #ASF in Europe. Released in May. @efsa-animals.bsky.social
🔈We are hiring: postdoctoral position as part of the #TrackFLU project! Interested in fieldwork and #phylodynamics of avian influenza viruses, this is for you! Deadline: April 13th More info at lnkd.in/dJYeeEsC @epidesa.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @inrae-france.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Ce soir, environ 1000 personnes (my guess) se sont rassemblées à #Toulouse en soutien à #StandUpForScience. Des cheveux grisonnants mais, à mon goût, trop peu d'étudiants, alors que Toulouse compte près de 40 000 étudiants en sciences. En espérant que le mouvement prenne de l'ampleur !
Timothée Vergne@timvergne.bsky.social · 2y agoPour l'indépendance de la science et la lutte contre l'obscurantisme ! ✊ 👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
Pour l'indépendance de la science et la lutte contre l'obscurantisme ! ✊ 👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique de Donald Trump, un collectif de personnalités françaises appelle citoyens et scientifiques à rejoindre le mouvement « Stand up for Science », ainsi qu’à une journée de mobilisation nationale le 7 mars. www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
« Défendons les sciences face aux nouveaux obscurantismes »
TRIBUNE. En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique de Donald Trump, un collectif de personnalités françaises appelle citoyens et scientifiques à rejoindre le mouvement « Stand...
lemonde.fr
Le texte que @mariusgilbert.bsky.social et moi avons écrit il y a un mois vient de paraître dans Le Monde (avec quelques mises à jour). Nous nous inquiétions des attaques de la nouvelle administration états-unienne contre la science. Malheureusement, la situation ne s'est pas arrangée depuis...
« Les mesures brutales de la nouvelle administration Trump s’apparentent à une attaque généralisée contre la science et la place de l’expertise dans la société »
TRIBUNE. Interruptions de projets de recherche, réduction drastique des moyens, licenciements de scientifiques, purges de bases de données… Ordres et contre-ordres se succèdent dans une confusion géné...
lemonde.fr
📢 New paper out! 🦆 Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour... @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB
Spatial risk modelling of highly pathogenic avian influenza in France: Fattening duck farm activity matters
In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of the key spatial risk factors and predictive risk maps for HPAI infection in France, with a focus on the 2016–17 and 2020–21 epidemic waves. Our fi...
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@timvergne.bsky.social our first episode guest, nominated Dr. Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt as a biosecurity champion🏅, and after much anticipation, we finally got him on the show! 🎙️ Listen to the 8th episode of BIOSECURE Podcast here: shorturl.at/dNp4b #worththewait #biosecurity #WABA
Usually, HPAI is first detected by increased mortality in sheds. Here, day of first infection calculated, with a useful app. Data useful for contact tracing poultry and farms. App: first-inf.sk8.inrae.fr 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Après de longues négociations, la diplomatie sanitaire française a réussi à lever l'embargo que les Etats-Unis et le Canada avaient mis en place sur les volailles françaises, suite à la campagne de vaccination des canards contre l'IAHP ayant débuté en octobre 2023. www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Les Etats-Unis et le Canada lèvent l’embargo sur les volailles françaises
Après quinze mois de négociations, les embargos sur certaines volailles françaises sont levés, grâce à la diplomatie sanitaire entre la France, les Etats-Unis et le Canada.
lemonde.fr
Excited to officially announce my new book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty, out in March (UK) and May (US) and available now to pre-order: proof.kucharski.io It digs into the ideas we can use to weigh evidence and converge on truth under pressure - and what happens when they fail... 1/
#TrackFLU. Fieldwork began in Takeo, Cambodia, this January! Our team is exploring poultry markets, farms, and more. Thanks to everyone for keeping it on track! 🙌 @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @institutpasteur.bsky.social. Read more: trackflu.inrae-envt.com
In the train back from #VIVACE kick off meeting in Paris vivace.hub.inrae.fr/vivace Thirteen PHD students are going to be trained and doing research on avian influenza vaccination in birds. #mariecurie. We will soon open a position in Utrecht!
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Si votre Edito est assez long , utiliser le champ Texte de l'objet Edito .L'insertion de texte dans ce champ déclenche le lien lire la suite qui permet &...
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"When did the highly pathogenic avian flu #HPAI virus enter the flock?" To address this crucial question, we developed a #modelling framework based on daily mortality data of different #poultry species and turned it into an online app. All details here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Optimizing contact tracing for avian influenza in poultry flocks | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Contact tracing is commonly used to manage infectious diseases of both humans and animals. It aims to detect early and control potentially infected individuals or farms that had contact with infectiou...
royalsocietypublishing.org
How to conduct #surveillance in duck flocks vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI in order to have sensitive and timely detection of HPAI virus introduction? 👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Surveillance Strategy in Duck Flocks Vaccinated against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Duck Flocks Vaccinated against HPAIV
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RECHERCHE - Des scientifiques toulousains d'IHAP (INRAE/ENVT) publient une étude sur la stratégie de surveillance du virus de l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène dans les élevages vaccinés dans Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID). ➡️ Publication : lc.cx/m6Mf4d @timvergne.bsky.social
📢 This is my first post! 🧪 We are recruiting a postdoc to work on modeling vaccination strategies for epizootic haemorrhagic disease, transmitted by midges. Duration ~ 18 months Start ~ spring 2025 Please share & if interested find more info here: iddjobs.org/jobs/constra...
IDDjobs — Constrained epidemiological modelling for epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) vaccination protocols — INRAE: French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment; Animal Health D...
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
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🐗🐷 African Swine Fever: 🆕 report on risk & protective factors for #ASF in pigs & wild boar ✔️ Fences & other measures can control virus spread ☣️ Biosecurity & farm management are key, more research is needed on wild boar density and potential role of insects in virus transmission europa.eu/!TmFQfR
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!
