Guy Baele
@guybaele.bsky.social
Associate Professor - Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation - Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium
Reposted by Guy Baele
Ecological niche modelling to elucidate environmental factors associated with HPAI H5 since 2020: intensive chicken population density + cultivated vegetation, Spatial distribution influenced by urban areas + open water regions
👉 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
👉 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
March 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ecological niche modelling to elucidate environmental factors associated with HPAI H5 since 2020: intensive chicken population density + cultivated vegetation, Spatial distribution influenced by urban areas + open water regions
👉 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
👉 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Reposted by Guy Baele
Avian influenza H5N1 infections in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Deadly bird flu on remote island poses new threat to Australia
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from Australia's Heard Island.
www.abc.net.au
March 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Avian influenza H5N1 infections in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Very fun collaboration, on to the next one! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mass mortality events in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean caused by long-distance circumpolar spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b
Since 2020, the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus clade 2.3.4.4b has turned into the largest documented panzootic to date, reaching the sub-Antarctic region and Antarctica via...
www.biorxiv.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Very fun collaboration, on to the next one! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for the support @duckswabber.bsky.social !
HPAI outbreak on the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands. Million dollar question: short hop from S. Africa, or massive range expansion via sub-Antarctic. Incredible piece of work from the French, showing 2 seperate jumps from S. Georgia.
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thanks for the support @duckswabber.bsky.social !