DrElisabetta

One boy was vaccinated The other was not Guess which one is which?

The US has played a crucial role in research & outbreak response of high-consequences infectious diseases Closing down US facilities increases danger to the world (and if you are thinking UK, well, think again, UK is not punching that high… yet? Ever?) wired.com/story/hhs-niai…

@LifeSciWestmin @StGeorgesUni Such a pleasure! So grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to catching up soon for more virology!

Special thanks to @ViralRNA from @StGeorgesUni for an outstanding plenary lecture, pitched perfectly for our diverse audience. Thank you so much for coming and managing to be inspiring, informative and entertaining all at the same time 👏

What a great first day. Thank you to all our colleagues for their fantastic research presentations, our brilliant Chair’s @davidtroponin @drkalraj31_s and @ponganer for keeping everyone to time and to Profs Alistair Mathie and @andrewrlinn opening and closing the day perfectly.

PhD available on: "High Consequence viral Infectious Diseases in pregnant women in Uganda: development of a high throughput serology pipeline for vaccine studies" Project details, eligibility, funding and general info: sgul.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Winter is not here yet … flu picking up and RSV heavily circulating in under 5 years old SARS-CoV-2 keeps its downward trend gov.uk/government/sta…

Valneva Reports Positive Three-Year Antibody Persistence Data for its Single-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ® ow.ly/QpkF50UjEMr

Would you look at that Vaccines preventing cancer! Amazing

Ok americans: you gave the world Trump. Please do not also do also give us a new pandemic. QUIT drinking raw milk, that is playing with fire!!!!

Open for applications: fully funded PhD on the Development of a novel and affordable vaccine for worldwide elimination of hepatitis A virus. Project focuses on molecular virology and viral immunology to generate HAV Virus-Like Particles in tobacco plants mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2025-26-projec…

Raw milk is popular in some circles, but can contain pathogens. That is well known. In the US , that list of pathogens is expanded and includes H5N1, a virus that is a pandemic threat. If you did not like the pandemic, don’t take a gamble for a next one: dont drink raw milk

Fabulous work with colleagues in Burundi, who took up Mpox sequencing to understand the situation AND are willing to share pre-publication, shows the expanding tree, and evidence for several introductions not taking off. In progress @EDCTP3 virological.org/t/preliminary-… @1986Bom

Some good news: @WHO has granted an emergency use listing — its equivalent to an @US_FDA EUA — to Japan's #mpox vaccine. This will facilitate use of the vaccine, particularly in DRC, where Japan has promised to donate 3M doses.

I spoke to @m_scribe @guardian about the H5N1 case in BC. More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation. We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are. theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

@drandywett Yes, price is the major challenge for both HIC bad LMICs. But if we want enough doses globally, inactivated vaccines will not meet demand, so need a better system

@ViralRNA @ViralRNA is the issue with the current vaccine just the unit cost?

The sheer number of human infections is worrying, says immunologist @SCOTTeHENSLEY. “Every time the virus infects a human, there is a chance of random mutations that could increase the ability of this virus to infect humans.” Me in @NewsfromScience science.org/content/articl…

BREAKING: Rare imported case of #Lassa fever diagnosed in Iowa; person died from the infection, state health authorities reported Monday. statnews.com/2024/10/28/las…

Wow. The human isolate of the Texas cattle H5N1 is way more transmissible by aerosols in ferrets than the bovine isolates tested so far. Another warning that we shouldn’t assume that H5N1 in people is always going to be mild & limited to conjunctivitis. nature.com/articles/s4158…

No new #Marburg infection reported today by Rwanda. Case count stands at 65 cases including 15 deaths, 3 patients still in treatment More than 1500 people have been given @sabinvaccine’s Marburg vaccine candidate.