outbreakjake.bsky.social
@outbreakjake.bsky.social
Come study with us! A new DPhil (PhD) studentship from the @HPRUezi , based at @PSIOxford. This great project will investigate exposure risks and proportionate biocontainment measures for emerging & high consequence infectious diseases. Apply by 5pm on 4th July. www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil-...
DPhil project themes
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June 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Case series of the first five human infections with monkeypox virus clade Ib and report on the public health response, United Kingdom, October to November 2024 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Case series of the first five human infections with monkeypox virus clade Ib and report on the public health response, United Kingdom, October to November 2024
We report two importations of monkeypox virus clade Ib infection to the United Kingdom in 2024. The first was a traveller returning from Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, the second from Uganda. Both prese...
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March 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
High consequence infectious disease cases in the UK between 1962 and 2023 - the definitive list, described in our latest paper: microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…#HCIDID
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March 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted
New paper out in Lancet Microbe, describing the development and assessment of our multiplex Luminex assay for #Mpox 👇

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January 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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🆕 Our commentary in Lancet ID: “The worsening mpox outbreak in Africa: a call to action.”

Urgent action is needed to:
1. Scale up testing/surveillance
2. Study research gaps
3. Invest in vaccines/therapeutics
4. Boost care quality
5. Tailor community outreach

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The worsening mpox outbreak in Africa: a call to action
The escalating incidence of mpox in Africa has led the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to declare its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security and prompted WHO to i...
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September 11, 2024 at 4:02 AM