'Zoonotic Transmission and Host Switches of Malaria Parasites' #WorldMalariaDay an article on #ScienceOpen : scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…

6) The CDC has 2 (out of the 4 H5) genetically similar prepandemic candidate vaccine virus (CVV) ready to be delivered to manufacturers (dosages in the national stockpile are insufficient). For one of them, sera from immunized ferrets neutralize well the current US lineage

A massive effort to sequence the DNA of Vikings across Europe was published in 2020. The study revealed family histories of Vikings who set forth—and died—far from home.

Learn more on #DNADay : scim.ag/6JL News from Science

This is a great listen on how the Bass Rock’s gannets are regaining strength and numbers after avian flu wiped out many thousands of them, and how North Berwick’s been affected by storms. Top work from Martha Kearney, Maggie Sheddan and Scottish Seabird Centre.

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Colombia becomes first country to restrict US beef due to bird flu in dairy cows flutrackers.com/forum/forum/un… h/t Pathfinder #H5N1

#Viromics #VirusDiscovery 🦠 by #Metagenomics 🧬! We used real metagenomic data from diverse biomes to #benchmark state-of-the-art #bioinformatics virus identification tools: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Rajitha Yasas Gonçalo Piedade 🏳️‍🌈 Nikos Pappas Corina Brussaard Bas E. Dutilh 🧵 (1/4)

When you combine 6 figures to meet the figure limit

Emerging Viruses 2024, Oxford on 4th Sept 2024: lpmhealthcare.com/emerging-virus… Confirmed speakers below. Send in your abstracts!

“The next flu pandemic—whether caused by an avian influenza A(H5N1) virus or otherwise—seems inevitable.” #vogelgriep
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Have learned that if you see a neck collared swan in Melbourne you can report. Spotted K09 on my bike ride this past weekend. Its 2 years old, and clearly hanging out on my bike trail.
👉sighting.myswan.science.unimelb.edu.au/reportSighting…

The (HP)AI paper deluge is real. Since I started keeping track, I've summarised over 600 papers/reports. Orange are the number of papers per batch. Batches are consistently ~20 papers per week now. Lots of amazing science happening in this space!

A new paper led by Rocio Bardales with WildCRU co-authors explores the effects of human-caused fires on 8 #mammal species in the Brazilian #Pantanal . Giant armadillo habitat use declined the most after severe 2020 fires, while #jaguar occupancy increased. See: bit.ly/3Jy97UY

Still lots to learn about the pressures that Antarctic penguins face. Here a study address approaches to study stress ecology from blood samples, and relate them to Mercury levels, body condition, nest position.
👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Despite poultry vaccination, H7N9 has not been eradicated. HA Q217 is now dominant in China following vaccination, has affected antigenicitiy = can generate novel variants with increased risk via altered pathogenicity and potential HA antigenic escape.
👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

In 2022, an unusual mortality event of captive bush dogs with HPAI. Enclosure of 15 bush dogs, 10 died in 9 days w some dogs exhibiting neurological disease. Ingestion of infected meat.
👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Review of HPAI. Includes details on outcomes of many experimental studies which is useful. If comprehensive, demonstrates how few experimental studies on panzootic strain are available (although probably in the works).
👉preprints.org/manuscript/202…

Building better vaccines for avian influenza: herpes vectored H9 & NDV vaccine. Vaccine elicited systemic NDV F- and AIV H9-specific antibodies but also local antibodies in eye wash fluid and oropharyngeal swabs. 🔻 viral load, doesn't block infection
👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

human FH can bind directly to IAVs of both human and avian origin, and the interaction is mediated via the HA. Interaction overlapped with the receptor binding site. Important for understanding mechanisms of infection and protection.
👉frontiersin.org/journals/immun…