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Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

California teacher dies of rabies after being bitten by bat inside classroom

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California teacher dies of rabies after animal bites her in classroom

The teacher died a month after encountering a bat in her Merced County classroom.

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December 2, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

Bad news for users of the free Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains (SALG) Instrument to perform adjustable course-evaluations

Looks like the SALG site is offline, possibly permanently

Out of Order

The Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains (SALG) website is out of order.

A vulnerability of the website was recently exploited. Because the remedy would require re-development, the website has been removed from public access until funds and developers are available.

For emergency website access, please contact…<support@support.wcer.wisc.edu>. Private access can be granted to existing data. Public access can not be granted to collect new data with instruments/surveys.

November 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM

Reposted by Andrew Haddow

CIDRAP CWD

@cidrap-cwd.bsky.social

The Dec 1 CIDRAP CWD newsletter features the latest case detections and studies, a discussion of best practices for road-killed cervid disposal, and a story on game processors' #CWD concerns
#chronicwastingdisease
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Photo: Florida Fish & Wildlife / Flickr cc

November 26, 2024 at 4:37 PM

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Thelonevirologist

@thelonevirologist.bsky.social

‘I’m really shocked.’ Children not being vaccinated for mpox in Congo
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‘I’m really shocked.’ Children not being vaccinated for mpox in Congo

Regulatory and liability issues are delaying immunization of the most vulnerable group

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November 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

“Udder-borne” 🐄

STAT @statnews.com · Nov 25

Health officials in California have discovered bird flu virus in raw milk for sale in a store in the state.

California health officials: Bird flu virus found in raw milk for sale

Bird flu virus found in raw milk for sale at a store in California, health officials announce.

buff.ly

November 25, 2024 at 5:25 PM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

Immunological clues to sex differences in parasitic diseases

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Immunological clues to sex differences in parasitic diseases

The effect of sex on the prevalence and severity of parasitic diseases is an emerging area of research. Several factors underlie sex-based differences, including sociocultural influences that affect e...

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November 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

Evidence of Human Bourbon Virus Infections, North Carolina, USA

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Evidence of Human Bourbon Virus Infections, North Carolina, USA

Human Bourbon Virus Infections, USA

wwwnc.cdc.gov

November 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Mexico: A Call to Action

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November 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM

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Cynthia (Cindy) McMillen, PhD

@goingviral88.bsky.social

We have a new pre-print on #Oropouche virus! Recent evidence suggests this emerging #bunyavirus may be associated with #verticaltransmission. Using ex vivo models of the placenta, we found villous trophoblasts are permissive to infection with the #prototype strain BeAn19991.

bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Nov 17

Oropouche virus infects human placenta explants and trophoblast organoids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.16.623866v1

Clinical and epidemiologic evidence from the recent outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) has demonstra

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November 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM

Reposted by Andrew Haddow

Saskia Popescu

@saskiapopescu.bsky.social

Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World - The New York Times

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World

The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.

www.nytimes.com

November 19, 2024 at 1:38 PM

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Vasilakis Lab

@vasilakislab.bsky.social

our collaborative research with the Hanley, Rossi @rossilab.bsky.social, Azar @azarsr.bsky.social and Cecilia labs highlighting the importance of incorporating individual-level heterogeneity of vector biting in arbovirus transmission models just dropped. www.cell.com/iscience/ful....

Aedes albopictus is not an arbovirus aficionado when feeding on cynomolgus macaques or squirrel monkeys

Natural sciences; Biological sciences; Microbiology; Virology; Systems biology.

www.cell.com

November 19, 2024 at 2:41 PM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

First Case of Clade I Mpox Diagnosed in the United States

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Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00519 | First Case of Clade I Mpox Diagnosed in the United StatesMinusSASstats

Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

emergency.cdc.gov

November 19, 2024 at 3:23 AM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

Fatal borealpox in an immunosuppressed patient treated with antivirals and vaccinia immunoglobulin — Alaska, 2023

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Fatal borealpox in an immunosuppressed patient treated with antivirals and vaccinia immunoglobulin — Alaska, 2023

An elderly, immunocompromised man in Alaska, USA, died from disseminated borealpox virus (BRPV) infection despite antiviral treatment. This case highlights

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November 19, 2024 at 3:20 AM

Andrew Haddow

@andrewhaddow.bsky.social

Jamaican fruit bats as an experimental model for virology and immunology

GVN forefront of virology webinar featuring Dr. Tony Schountz

Nov 26, 2024 02:00 PM EST

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