Antonia Ho
@drtoniho.bsky.social
Professor of Infectious Diseases @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo & Honorary Consultant. Interests #epidemiology #respiratoryviruses #ARI #GlobalHealth 🦠🧬. Also 🐶! Views are my own. #IDSky #EpiSky #DogSky
Scotland on a sunny day - you cannae beat it! ☀️🗻🏴
December 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Scotland on a sunny day - you cannae beat it! ☀️🗻🏴
Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🎄✨
Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group.
See you in 2026!
Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group.
See you in 2026!
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🎄✨
Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group.
See you in 2026!
Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group.
See you in 2026!
Wondering why flu is everywhere this winter & what you should do? 🦠🤒😷
Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇
Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇
My latest for the BMJ - on the worrisome flu season currently unfolding in the UK. And why it is not too late to get vaccinated!
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Why is this year’s flu season so bad, and should you get the vaccine?
Flu has come early this year—and cases are rocketing. Chris Baraniuk explains what’s making this season so exceptional
Official data show that the percentage of positive flu tests began rising in Eng...
www.bmj.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Wondering why flu is everywhere this winter & what you should do? 🦠🤒😷
Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇
Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇
Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group @emcat1.bsky.social student @elenvink.bsky.social who graduated from her PhD in Virology yesterday!! 🎓🎉🍾🙌
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group @emcat1.bsky.social student @elenvink.bsky.social who graduated from her PhD in Virology yesterday!! 🎓🎉🍾🙌
Proud supervisor post! 😬🙌
Massive congratulations to @mhairijan.bsky.social for passing her viva. Her PhD was on characterising #SARSCoV2 neutralising ab responses in a rural & urban Malawian cohort. 🥳👏
Thanks also to Mafalda Viana & Giada Mattiuzzo for being fantastic examiners.
Massive congratulations to @mhairijan.bsky.social for passing her viva. Her PhD was on characterising #SARSCoV2 neutralising ab responses in a rural & urban Malawian cohort. 🥳👏
Thanks also to Mafalda Viana & Giada Mattiuzzo for being fantastic examiners.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Proud supervisor post! 😬🙌
Massive congratulations to @mhairijan.bsky.social for passing her viva. Her PhD was on characterising #SARSCoV2 neutralising ab responses in a rural & urban Malawian cohort. 🥳👏
Thanks also to Mafalda Viana & Giada Mattiuzzo for being fantastic examiners.
Massive congratulations to @mhairijan.bsky.social for passing her viva. Her PhD was on characterising #SARSCoV2 neutralising ab responses in a rural & urban Malawian cohort. 🥳👏
Thanks also to Mafalda Viana & Giada Mattiuzzo for being fantastic examiners.
🚨New paper in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social!
Analysis of 🏴 data led by @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that pregnant women who received #RSV vaccine had a ~80% ⬇️ risk of RSV-associated hospitalisation in infants <=3 months, compared to unvaccinated mothers. 🤰🦠🏥💉
👉 t.co/FcfAstpT4L
Analysis of 🏴 data led by @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that pregnant women who received #RSV vaccine had a ~80% ⬇️ risk of RSV-associated hospitalisation in infants <=3 months, compared to unvaccinated mothers. 🤰🦠🏥💉
👉 t.co/FcfAstpT4L
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨New paper in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social!
Analysis of 🏴 data led by @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that pregnant women who received #RSV vaccine had a ~80% ⬇️ risk of RSV-associated hospitalisation in infants <=3 months, compared to unvaccinated mothers. 🤰🦠🏥💉
👉 t.co/FcfAstpT4L
Analysis of 🏴 data led by @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that pregnant women who received #RSV vaccine had a ~80% ⬇️ risk of RSV-associated hospitalisation in infants <=3 months, compared to unvaccinated mothers. 🤰🦠🏥💉
👉 t.co/FcfAstpT4L
Fancy joining our clinical team in Glasgow? 🏥 🩺 🦠
Enquiries to: Dr Erica Peters: Erica.Peters@nhs.scot
Closing date: 30 November 2025
👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Enquiries to: Dr Erica Peters: Erica.Peters@nhs.scot
Closing date: 30 November 2025
👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Locum Consultant - Infectious Diseases and General Medicine:Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Fancy joining our clinical team in Glasgow? 🏥 🩺 🦠
Enquiries to: Dr Erica Peters: Erica.Peters@nhs.scot
Closing date: 30 November 2025
👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Enquiries to: Dr Erica Peters: Erica.Peters@nhs.scot
Closing date: 30 November 2025
👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Am honoured and proud to be awarded the Fleming Prize! 🥺
Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for the recognition. 🙏
Congratulations to the other prize winners & looking forward to attending the Annual Conference in Belfast next year!
Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for the recognition. 🙏
Congratulations to the other prize winners & looking forward to attending the Annual Conference in Belfast next year!
The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Am honoured and proud to be awarded the Fleming Prize! 🥺
Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for the recognition. 🙏
Congratulations to the other prize winners & looking forward to attending the Annual Conference in Belfast next year!
Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for the recognition. 🙏
Congratulations to the other prize winners & looking forward to attending the Annual Conference in Belfast next year!
Yesssss SCOTLAND!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🏴🏴🏴
For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)
For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yesssss SCOTLAND!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🏴🏴🏴
For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)
For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)
@socialinfluenza.bsky.social & I spoke to @theguardian.com about the early rise in flu cases in UK, the likely impact on the health service how you can protect yourself & others arounf you.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter
Officials urge vaccination against mutated strain of virus that may be more transmissible than usual
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@socialinfluenza.bsky.social & I spoke to @theguardian.com about the early rise in flu cases in UK, the likely impact on the health service how you can protect yourself & others arounf you.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by Antonia Ho
UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa
UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa
Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malaria
The UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim.
The 15% reduction in the contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced this week – in a year when the UK, alongside South Africa, is co-host of the fund’s replenishment drive – risks encouraging other countries to cut back commitments as well, advocates fear.
The Gates Foundation is a major private contributor to the Global Fund. The foundation also contributes to theguardian.org, which funds independent journalism at the Guardian Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa
Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
🚨New paper from @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group PhD student @mhairijan.bsky.social on the evolving neutralising antibody responses to #SARSCoV2 in an urban & rural cohort in #Malawi, showing ⬆️ complexity of immune landscape across 3 waves. 🦠🩸🇲🇼📈
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🚨New paper from @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group PhD student @mhairijan.bsky.social on the evolving neutralising antibody responses to #SARSCoV2 in an urban & rural cohort in #Malawi, showing ⬆️ complexity of immune landscape across 3 waves. 🦠🩸🇲🇼📈
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating.
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating.
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
😢🤯
Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who helped to keep pandemics at bay.
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
😢🤯
Reposted by Antonia Ho
WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines
The two influenza A picks are different from the current Northern Hemisphere vaccines and from last season's Southern Hemisphere vaccines.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
@cvrinfo.bsky.social clinical #PhD students & fellows out in force the @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Infection Research Day! 🏴👩🔬🔬🩺
September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@cvrinfo.bsky.social clinical #PhD students & fellows out in force the @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Infection Research Day! 🏴👩🔬🔬🩺
Reposted by Antonia Ho
Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Public Health at PHS, writes in our latest blog about the importance of making sure students are up to date with their vaccinations before heading to college or university.
Read the full blog below ⬇️
publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...
#Vaccines4Students
Read the full blog below ⬇️
publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...
#Vaccines4Students
September 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Public Health at PHS, writes in our latest blog about the importance of making sure students are up to date with their vaccinations before heading to college or university.
Read the full blog below ⬇️
publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...
#Vaccines4Students
Read the full blog below ⬇️
publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...
#Vaccines4Students
Please repost this exciting opportunity! 📣
📢 VACANCY | Research Assistant/Associate - Data Analysis
Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
August 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Please repost this exciting opportunity! 📣
📣Come work with us!
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📣Come work with us!
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Excited to be starting this project with @louisapollock.bsky.social to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of #RSV vaccine in pregnant women in Scotland to protect young infants.🤰💉👶🦠🏥🏴
💉 New Research to Track How Well RSV Vaccines Protect Scottish Babies
Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
August 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Excited to be starting this project with @louisapollock.bsky.social to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of #RSV vaccine in pregnant women in Scotland to protect young infants.🤰💉👶🦠🏥🏴
🚨New paper 🚨
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨New paper 🚨
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Antonia Ho
Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏
Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
August 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏
Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
August 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
Spoke to BBC on the myriad of reasons why uptake of vaccines in adults and children are lower in ethnic minority groups.
Understanding this is critical for public health agencies to develop targeted strategies to enhance uptake. 💉🦠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Understanding this is critical for public health agencies to develop targeted strategies to enhance uptake. 💉🦠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why are ethnic minority groups falling behind on vaccines? - BBC News
Data shows wide disparities in uptake of a range of vaccines, including measles, HPV, flu and Covid-19.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Spoke to BBC on the myriad of reasons why uptake of vaccines in adults and children are lower in ethnic minority groups.
Understanding this is critical for public health agencies to develop targeted strategies to enhance uptake. 💉🦠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Understanding this is critical for public health agencies to develop targeted strategies to enhance uptake. 💉🦠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...