Epidesa
@epidesa.bsky.social
The animal health epidemiology team of INRAE & ENVT. Dedicated to improving farmer & livestock well-being through innovative disease management strategies, fostering sustainable animal production and informed decision-taking 🛟🇫🇷🧑🌾🦆🐓🐄🐖
Congrats @claireguinat.bsky.social for this important investigation into drivers of avian influenza spread !
a bit delayed, but still hot: A phylodynamic study, conducted in southwestern France, on the importance of farm density when it comes to avian influenza spread: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @claireguinat.bsky.social @epidesa.bsky.social
Poultry farm density and proximity drive highly pathogenic avian influenza spread - Communications Biology
A study using phylodynamics to investigate highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 spread in southwestern France in 2020 and 2021 demonstrates that a single introduction led to rapid spread, mainly in duck farms, with farm density driving transmission.
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congrats @claireguinat.bsky.social for this important investigation into drivers of avian influenza spread !
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a bit delayed, but still hot: A phylodynamic study, conducted in southwestern France, on the importance of farm density when it comes to avian influenza spread: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @claireguinat.bsky.social @epidesa.bsky.social
Poultry farm density and proximity drive highly pathogenic avian influenza spread - Communications Biology
A study using phylodynamics to investigate highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 spread in southwestern France in 2020 and 2021 demonstrates that a single introduction led to rapid spread, mainly in duck farms, with farm density driving transmission.
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
a bit delayed, but still hot: A phylodynamic study, conducted in southwestern France, on the importance of farm density when it comes to avian influenza spread: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @claireguinat.bsky.social @epidesa.bsky.social
Interested in showcasing your infectious disease modelling skills? Want to help hone your teams' outbreak response capabilities in a simulated peacetime setting? Registration for the first-ever HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open!
🚨 Registration is OPEN 🚨
Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI!
Participate alongside other modelling teams as you:
🌍 simulate outbreaks
🧮 test management strategies
🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness
#HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics
Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI!
Participate alongside other modelling teams as you:
🌍 simulate outbreaks
🧮 test management strategies
🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness
#HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Interested in showcasing your infectious disease modelling skills? Want to help hone your teams' outbreak response capabilities in a simulated peacetime setting? Registration for the first-ever HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open!
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#TrackFLU meet Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia to discuss how wild bird data could help explain #HPAI virus circulation in domestic birds. Potential collaboration for our next field study later this year! @epidesa.bsky.social @institutpasteur.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#TrackFLU meet Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia to discuss how wild bird data could help explain #HPAI virus circulation in domestic birds. Potential collaboration for our next field study later this year! @epidesa.bsky.social @institutpasteur.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
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📢 New paper out! Since Oct 2023, France has vaccinated ducks against HPAI. Outbreaks dropped sharply. We estimated 314–756 outbreaks were expected, but saw 96–99% fewer. Vaccination likely key, but other factors still to explore. doi.org/10.3201/eid3... @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📢 New paper out! Since Oct 2023, France has vaccinated ducks against HPAI. Outbreaks dropped sharply. We estimated 314–756 outbreaks were expected, but saw 96–99% fewer. Vaccination likely key, but other factors still to explore. doi.org/10.3201/eid3... @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
🐔🔐 Well done Rebecca, Oksana, and Mattias with excellent presentations at the first conference of the World Animal Biosecurity Association.
From participatory research to practical policy discussion, collective action with farmers policy-makers and researchers is the way forward.
From participatory research to practical policy discussion, collective action with farmers policy-makers and researchers is the way forward.
June 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🐔🔐 Well done Rebecca, Oksana, and Mattias with excellent presentations at the first conference of the World Animal Biosecurity Association.
From participatory research to practical policy discussion, collective action with farmers policy-makers and researchers is the way forward.
From participatory research to practical policy discussion, collective action with farmers policy-makers and researchers is the way forward.
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This month, we're hosting Yik Lim Hew, PhD candidate from Hokkaido University 🇯🇵. His research dives into the epidemiology of #HPAI in Japan, and during his stay, he’ll be investigating outbreaks: tracking introductions, regional spread, and species jumps using #phylodynamics.
@epidesa.bsky.social
@epidesa.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This month, we're hosting Yik Lim Hew, PhD candidate from Hokkaido University 🇯🇵. His research dives into the epidemiology of #HPAI in Japan, and during his stay, he’ll be investigating outbreaks: tracking introductions, regional spread, and species jumps using #phylodynamics.
@epidesa.bsky.social
@epidesa.bsky.social
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📢 New paper out! 🦆
Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB
Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB
Spatial risk modelling of highly pathogenic avian influenza in France: Fattening duck farm activity matters
In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of the key spatial risk factors and predictive risk maps for HPAI infection in France, with a focus on the 2016–17 and 2020–21 epidemic waves. Our fi...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📢 New paper out! 🦆
Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB
Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB
Chuffed to see our colleagues at @bioepar-dynamo.bsky.social have joined up!
January 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Chuffed to see our colleagues at @bioepar-dynamo.bsky.social have joined up!
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How to conduct #surveillance in duck flocks vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI in order to have sensitive and timely detection of HPAI virus introduction?
👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals
Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals
Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Surveillance Strategy in Duck Flocks Vaccinated against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Duck Flocks Vaccinated against HPAIV
wwwnc.cdc.gov
January 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
How to conduct #surveillance in duck flocks vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI in order to have sensitive and timely detection of HPAI virus introduction?
👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals
Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals
Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
The marathon of celebrations has begun! Happy Xmas (epidemiologic)ugly jumper month!
December 10, 2024 at 7:40 AM
The marathon of celebrations has begun! Happy Xmas (epidemiologic)ugly jumper month!
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Looking for an epidemiology PhD and interested in elucidating vaccination strategies against avian influenza? Two exciting projects with great supervisors are currently recruiting!
iddjobs.org/jobs/optimiz...
spell.ulb.be/news/phdstud...
iddjobs.org/jobs/optimiz...
spell.ulb.be/news/phdstud...
IDDjobs — Optimizing poultry vaccination strategies against highly pathogenic avian influenza to support policy — INRAE
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
iddjobs.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Looking for an epidemiology PhD and interested in elucidating vaccination strategies against avian influenza? Two exciting projects with great supervisors are currently recruiting!
iddjobs.org/jobs/optimiz...
spell.ulb.be/news/phdstud...
iddjobs.org/jobs/optimiz...
spell.ulb.be/news/phdstud...
Welcome @efsa-eu.bsky.social! If your work is in or tangential to food safety 🥩🦺⛑️, agriculture 🚜🌾, or animal health and welfare 🐮🧑🌾, be sure to follow this account for the latest developments in the field
Hello, Bluesky! 👋
We’re EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, and we’re happy to join this vibrant community to talk about food safety, health, and sustainable food systems!
Follow us for science-based insights, updates, and facts.
Let’s connect! 💬
#EFSA #FoodSafety #ScienceForHealth
We’re EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, and we’re happy to join this vibrant community to talk about food safety, health, and sustainable food systems!
Follow us for science-based insights, updates, and facts.
Let’s connect! 💬
#EFSA #FoodSafety #ScienceForHealth
December 3, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Welcome @efsa-eu.bsky.social! If your work is in or tangential to food safety 🥩🦺⛑️, agriculture 🚜🌾, or animal health and welfare 🐮🧑🌾, be sure to follow this account for the latest developments in the field
PhD opportunity! In the MSCA Doctoral Network VIVACE, (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on HPAI transmission modelling to inform poultry vaccination strategies. Supervised by @timvergne.bsky.social (INRAE/ENVT) and Jose Luis Gonzales Rojas @w-u-r.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ycxy8dhm
jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
tinyurl.com/ycxy8dhm
jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
IDDjobs — Optimizing poultry vaccination strategies against highly pathogenic avian influenza to support policy — INRAE
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
iddjobs.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:54 AM
PhD opportunity! In the MSCA Doctoral Network VIVACE, (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on HPAI transmission modelling to inform poultry vaccination strategies. Supervised by @timvergne.bsky.social (INRAE/ENVT) and Jose Luis Gonzales Rojas @w-u-r.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ycxy8dhm
jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
tinyurl.com/ycxy8dhm
jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
Très fiers de notre postdoc @sebastienlambert.bsky.social dont l'article publié chez M/S présentant une synthèse des travaux de #recherche sur la transmission de la #brucellose chez les #bouquetins a reçu le grand prix éditorial 2024 du SPEPS !
📰👉 www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...
📰👉 www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...
November 23, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Très fiers de notre postdoc @sebastienlambert.bsky.social dont l'article publié chez M/S présentant une synthèse des travaux de #recherche sur la transmission de la #brucellose chez les #bouquetins a reçu le grand prix éditorial 2024 du SPEPS !
📰👉 www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...
📰👉 www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...
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Thrilled to share our work on the influence of wild boar density on the spread of African swine fever #ASF in northern Italy (Jan 2022 - Sep 2023).
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Thrilled to share our work on the influence of wild boar density on the spread of African swine fever #ASF in northern Italy (Jan 2022 - Sep 2023).
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
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Chuffed to share our latest #EFSA report, investigating the impact of wild boar density on #ASF spread by calibrating a spatially-explicit mechanistic transmission model to high-resolution surveillance data in northern Italy 🕵️🐗🦠🧮🗺️📈
@timvergne.bsky.social @borizook.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb5s9n6a
@timvergne.bsky.social @borizook.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb5s9n6a
Elucidating the influence of wild boar density on African swine fever spread in wild boar populations, Italy, 2022–2023
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efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Chuffed to share our latest #EFSA report, investigating the impact of wild boar density on #ASF spread by calibrating a spatially-explicit mechanistic transmission model to high-resolution surveillance data in northern Italy 🕵️🐗🦠🧮🗺️📈
@timvergne.bsky.social @borizook.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb5s9n6a
@timvergne.bsky.social @borizook.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb5s9n6a
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Hot from the @eurosurveillance.bsky.social press!
In this perspective article, we discuss the need for a paradigm shift in highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management #policies. This should impact the way poultry are produced an traded in the future.
Full text: tinyurl.com/mtr3kahd
In this perspective article, we discuss the need for a paradigm shift in highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management #policies. This should impact the way poultry are produced an traded in the future.
Full text: tinyurl.com/mtr3kahd
Highly pathogenic avian influenza management policy in domestic poultry: from reacting to preventing
The emergence of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses in 2021 has led to unprecedented epidemics in poultry, changing epidemiological patterns of year-round infections ...
tinyurl.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Hot from the @eurosurveillance.bsky.social press!
In this perspective article, we discuss the need for a paradigm shift in highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management #policies. This should impact the way poultry are produced an traded in the future.
Full text: tinyurl.com/mtr3kahd
In this perspective article, we discuss the need for a paradigm shift in highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management #policies. This should impact the way poultry are produced an traded in the future.
Full text: tinyurl.com/mtr3kahd
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[PhD position] Please share!
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
[PhD position] Please share!
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
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Welcome to all the newcomers! I will maintain the list of folks in animal health/animal welfare/veterinary medicine. If you want to be included, please message me or reply to this post and i'll add you. Also, please share with your network!
go.bsky.app/6wvTJFK
go.bsky.app/6wvTJFK
November 12, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Welcome to all the newcomers! I will maintain the list of folks in animal health/animal welfare/veterinary medicine. If you want to be included, please message me or reply to this post and i'll add you. Also, please share with your network!
go.bsky.app/6wvTJFK
go.bsky.app/6wvTJFK