Aberle Judith
@aberlejudith.bsky.social
Virologist, MD | Viruses,Vaccines & Immunity
Professor of Virus Immunology, Medical University of Vienna | Opinions mine
Professor of Virus Immunology, Medical University of Vienna | Opinions mine
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Antiviral drugs against HPAI in mice: Oseltamivir= limited survival benefits. Baloxavir = fully protected mice. Favipiravir = partial protection. Amantadine = no benefits.
👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Antiviral drugs against HPAI in mice: Oseltamivir= limited survival benefits. Baloxavir = fully protected mice. Favipiravir = partial protection. Amantadine = no benefits.
👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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“This loss represents a setback of course. But it is also reversible,” www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“This loss represents a setback of course. But it is also reversible,” www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
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As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
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To back up their (incorrect) argument that COVID vaccines didn't affect transmission of the early variants, someone just sent me a paper showing that vaccines 'only' prevented infection...
The thing is, it's pretty hard to transmit COVID if you don't get infected in the first place.
The thing is, it's pretty hard to transmit COVID if you don't get infected in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
To back up their (incorrect) argument that COVID vaccines didn't affect transmission of the early variants, someone just sent me a paper showing that vaccines 'only' prevented infection...
The thing is, it's pretty hard to transmit COVID if you don't get infected in the first place.
The thing is, it's pretty hard to transmit COVID if you don't get infected in the first place.
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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.
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.
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
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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.
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.
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James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Die Aktivität respiratorischer Viren
- vor allem Rhinoviren und SARS-C2-
ist weiter rückläufig
Wie schon im Oktober haben wir vereinzelt sporadische Influenza A Fälle, bisher jedoch ohne Anzeichen einer zunehmenden Aktivität
#Sentinelsystem_Österreich #MedUniWien #MonikaRedlberger
Schönes Wochende!
- vor allem Rhinoviren und SARS-C2-
ist weiter rückläufig
Wie schon im Oktober haben wir vereinzelt sporadische Influenza A Fälle, bisher jedoch ohne Anzeichen einer zunehmenden Aktivität
#Sentinelsystem_Österreich #MedUniWien #MonikaRedlberger
Schönes Wochende!
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Die Aktivität respiratorischer Viren
- vor allem Rhinoviren und SARS-C2-
ist weiter rückläufig
Wie schon im Oktober haben wir vereinzelt sporadische Influenza A Fälle, bisher jedoch ohne Anzeichen einer zunehmenden Aktivität
#Sentinelsystem_Österreich #MedUniWien #MonikaRedlberger
Schönes Wochende!
- vor allem Rhinoviren und SARS-C2-
ist weiter rückläufig
Wie schon im Oktober haben wir vereinzelt sporadische Influenza A Fälle, bisher jedoch ohne Anzeichen einer zunehmenden Aktivität
#Sentinelsystem_Österreich #MedUniWien #MonikaRedlberger
Schönes Wochende!
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If you read and watch one thing today it should be this pice accompanying @agawande.bsky.social documentary.
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you read and watch one thing today it should be this pice accompanying @agawande.bsky.social documentary.
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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This is both discouraging, and also should be a warning of how easily infectious disease can come roaring back – Canada has far less vax skepticism than its southern neighbour ... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is both discouraging, and also should be a warning of how easily infectious disease can come roaring back – Canada has far less vax skepticism than its southern neighbour ... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
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If you work with or rely on academic journals - don't miss this strange, funny, horrifying story about what happened when @carloschaccour.bsky.social published a paper on a malaria breakthrough in a prestigious journal – and AI came for the letters page. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you work with or rely on academic journals - don't miss this strange, funny, horrifying story about what happened when @carloschaccour.bsky.social published a paper on a malaria breakthrough in a prestigious journal – and AI came for the letters page. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
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Der Artikel zeigt, neben vielen zu hinterfragenden Abläufen im Begutachtungsprozess, vor allem eines: will man sich in der Bedarfserhebung zur #MECFS Versorgung auf die selbstgebastelten Daten der Stakeholder verlassen, wird man das Problem unterschätzen.
www.diepresse.com/20274631/pen...
www.diepresse.com/20274631/pen...
Pensionsversicherung: Starkes Plus bei ME/CFS-Fällen, Minus bei...
Im Jahr 2019 wurde die Hauptdiagnose ME/CFS bei 16 Anträgen auf Berufsunfähigkeits- und Invaliditätspension bzw. Rehageld gestellt, 2024 in 288 Fällen.
www.diepresse.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Der Artikel zeigt, neben vielen zu hinterfragenden Abläufen im Begutachtungsprozess, vor allem eines: will man sich in der Bedarfserhebung zur #MECFS Versorgung auf die selbstgebastelten Daten der Stakeholder verlassen, wird man das Problem unterschätzen.
www.diepresse.com/20274631/pen...
www.diepresse.com/20274631/pen...
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Ein Drittel aller Menschen erkrankt im Laufe des Lebens an einer Gürtelrose. Die kostenlose Impfung gegen Gürtelrose für Menschen ab 60 Jahren und Risikogruppen ist ein Meilenstein, auf den ich besonders stolz bin! Einen Impftermin können Sie z. B. bei Ihrer Hausärztin/Ihrem Hausarzt vereinbaren.
Gürtelrose (Herpes Zoster) | Impfen schützt einfach.
Impfen schützt Jung und Alt. Auf impfen.gv.at finden Sie alle Informationen zu verfügbaren Impfungen in Österreich, z.B. gegen COVID-19, HPV und Influenza.
impfen.gv.at
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ein Drittel aller Menschen erkrankt im Laufe des Lebens an einer Gürtelrose. Die kostenlose Impfung gegen Gürtelrose für Menschen ab 60 Jahren und Risikogruppen ist ein Meilenstein, auf den ich besonders stolz bin! Einen Impftermin können Sie z. B. bei Ihrer Hausärztin/Ihrem Hausarzt vereinbaren.
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Check out our paper in @natcomms.nature.com !
We explored the link between pre-existing neutralizing antibody (nAb) titers and dengue disease protection & how different cell substrate and virus maturation state influences the measurement of nAb titers
rdcu.be/eOfXW
We explored the link between pre-existing neutralizing antibody (nAb) titers and dengue disease protection & how different cell substrate and virus maturation state influences the measurement of nAb titers
rdcu.be/eOfXW
Protection against symptomatic dengue infection by neutralizing antibodies varies by infection history and infecting serotype
Nature Communications - There is still a need to improve understanding of dengue-specific immunity. Here, by analyzing the antibody response in a pediatric cohort the authors show that the...
rdcu.be
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Check out our paper in @natcomms.nature.com !
We explored the link between pre-existing neutralizing antibody (nAb) titers and dengue disease protection & how different cell substrate and virus maturation state influences the measurement of nAb titers
rdcu.be/eOfXW
We explored the link between pre-existing neutralizing antibody (nAb) titers and dengue disease protection & how different cell substrate and virus maturation state influences the measurement of nAb titers
rdcu.be/eOfXW
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The decline of twitter started about 10 years ago, but I was too addicted to let go. So, I'm ultimately happy that I was pushed away by the smooth-brained takeover. It forced me to reset.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/29/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/29/g...
Guest Post — The Great Pullback: Why Academic Social Media’s Fragmentation Matters - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest bloggers share insights into the fragmented, tiring, and uncertain digital landscape for academics, and evidence that a shift is underway — with implications for scholarly communication ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The decline of twitter started about 10 years ago, but I was too addicted to let go. So, I'm ultimately happy that I was pushed away by the smooth-brained takeover. It forced me to reset.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/29/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/29/g...
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The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk
The person refused to even tell health officials their address.
arstechnica.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
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What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
"Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research."
#PhD #academia 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research."
#PhD #academia 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
"Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research."
#PhD #academia 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research."
#PhD #academia 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Back home after a week of meetings and talks at #CDC Taiwan #ChangGung University in Taipei and #AcademiaSinica
It was an intense and inspiring exchange on our groups‘ latest work on #Dengue #Flaviviruses #OneHealth
- many very nice people showed us their beautiful country
Feeling grateful and happy
It was an intense and inspiring exchange on our groups‘ latest work on #Dengue #Flaviviruses #OneHealth
- many very nice people showed us their beautiful country
Feeling grateful and happy
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Back home after a week of meetings and talks at #CDC Taiwan #ChangGung University in Taipei and #AcademiaSinica
It was an intense and inspiring exchange on our groups‘ latest work on #Dengue #Flaviviruses #OneHealth
- many very nice people showed us their beautiful country
Feeling grateful and happy
It was an intense and inspiring exchange on our groups‘ latest work on #Dengue #Flaviviruses #OneHealth
- many very nice people showed us their beautiful country
Feeling grateful and happy
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Auch diese Woche dominieren #Rhinoviren 29%
und #SARS-CoV-2 18% (rückläufiger Trend)
Zahl der #Sentinelproben wg der Herbstferien deutlich geringer
#Influenzasituation: In Österreich (wie im Großteil Europas) derzeit nur sporadische Nachweise
Norwegen und Spanien melden bereits vermehrte Aktivität
und #SARS-CoV-2 18% (rückläufiger Trend)
Zahl der #Sentinelproben wg der Herbstferien deutlich geringer
#Influenzasituation: In Österreich (wie im Großteil Europas) derzeit nur sporadische Nachweise
Norwegen und Spanien melden bereits vermehrte Aktivität
November 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Auch diese Woche dominieren #Rhinoviren 29%
und #SARS-CoV-2 18% (rückläufiger Trend)
Zahl der #Sentinelproben wg der Herbstferien deutlich geringer
#Influenzasituation: In Österreich (wie im Großteil Europas) derzeit nur sporadische Nachweise
Norwegen und Spanien melden bereits vermehrte Aktivität
und #SARS-CoV-2 18% (rückläufiger Trend)
Zahl der #Sentinelproben wg der Herbstferien deutlich geringer
#Influenzasituation: In Österreich (wie im Großteil Europas) derzeit nur sporadische Nachweise
Norwegen und Spanien melden bereits vermehrte Aktivität
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#MECFS wird immer wieder - auch in Gutachten - abgetan, weil es "keinen Biomarker" gäbe.
Dass es eine klare klinische Präsentation, mit unterstützenden, ins Gesamtbild passenden, Untersuchungsergebnissen gibt, scheint für manche zu komplex...
Dass es eine klare klinische Präsentation, mit unterstützenden, ins Gesamtbild passenden, Untersuchungsergebnissen gibt, scheint für manche zu komplex...
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#MECFS wird immer wieder - auch in Gutachten - abgetan, weil es "keinen Biomarker" gäbe.
Dass es eine klare klinische Präsentation, mit unterstützenden, ins Gesamtbild passenden, Untersuchungsergebnissen gibt, scheint für manche zu komplex...
Dass es eine klare klinische Präsentation, mit unterstützenden, ins Gesamtbild passenden, Untersuchungsergebnissen gibt, scheint für manche zu komplex...
Die Herbstwelle hält sich auf hohem Niveau - der Großteil sind Infektionen mit Rhinoviren (34%) und SARS-CoV2 (21%)
#Influenza - weiterhin einzelne sporadische Fälle ohne Reiseanamnese
Wir werden sehen, was die kommende Ferien- und Reisewoche bringt
#Sentinelsystem #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien
#Influenza - weiterhin einzelne sporadische Fälle ohne Reiseanamnese
Wir werden sehen, was die kommende Ferien- und Reisewoche bringt
#Sentinelsystem #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien
October 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Die Herbstwelle hält sich auf hohem Niveau - der Großteil sind Infektionen mit Rhinoviren (34%) und SARS-CoV2 (21%)
#Influenza - weiterhin einzelne sporadische Fälle ohne Reiseanamnese
Wir werden sehen, was die kommende Ferien- und Reisewoche bringt
#Sentinelsystem #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien
#Influenza - weiterhin einzelne sporadische Fälle ohne Reiseanamnese
Wir werden sehen, was die kommende Ferien- und Reisewoche bringt
#Sentinelsystem #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien
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A Review of auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFN in patients with arboviral diseases:
Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases url: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases url: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases | Journal of Human Immunity | Rockefeller University Press
Autoantibodies neutralizing antiviral type I IFNs (AAN-I-IFN) underlie a small but growing number of severe arboviral diseases. These auto-Abs are strong,
rupress.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A Review of auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFN in patients with arboviral diseases:
Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases url: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases url: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
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Australian government: "Suspected H5 bird flu in elephant seals at Australian sub-Antarctic Island". If this is correct, then highly pathogenic avian influenza will have invaded Oceania, the last continental region that was still free of the disease.
www.agriculture.gov.au/about/news/s...
www.agriculture.gov.au/about/news/s...
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Australian government: "Suspected H5 bird flu in elephant seals at Australian sub-Antarctic Island". If this is correct, then highly pathogenic avian influenza will have invaded Oceania, the last continental region that was still free of the disease.
www.agriculture.gov.au/about/news/s...
www.agriculture.gov.au/about/news/s...
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Together with Ralf Bartenschlager @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social we are looking for a PhD student!
The project @trr179.bsky.social will revolve around (Hepatitis) viruses and the regulation of pattern recognition receptors in innate antiviral immunity.
Contact us if you're interested!
#PhDPosition
The project @trr179.bsky.social will revolve around (Hepatitis) viruses and the regulation of pattern recognition receptors in innate antiviral immunity.
Contact us if you're interested!
#PhDPosition
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Together with Ralf Bartenschlager @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social we are looking for a PhD student!
The project @trr179.bsky.social will revolve around (Hepatitis) viruses and the regulation of pattern recognition receptors in innate antiviral immunity.
Contact us if you're interested!
#PhDPosition
The project @trr179.bsky.social will revolve around (Hepatitis) viruses and the regulation of pattern recognition receptors in innate antiviral immunity.
Contact us if you're interested!
#PhDPosition