Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
@pbruijning.bsky.social
Prof. of Vaccination and Infection Control Epidemiology @UMCUtrecht, the Netherlands
Happy to share our recently published paper. Spoiler; overall little protection from pre-exsisting seasonal coronavirus antibodies.
#IDSky #EpiSky
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The effect of pre-existing coronavirus antibodies on SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes in exposed household members
✅ Just Accepted
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✅ Just Accepted
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The effect of pre-existing coronavirus antibodies on SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes in exposed household members
We investigated the effect of pre-existing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal human coronaviruses on infection outcomes in Omicron BA1/2 exposed household members from January to March 2022.
doi.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hear hear!
“The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond” 🧪
European academies have isssued a joint statement on what is going on in US here: allea.org/wp-content/u...
European academies have isssued a joint statement on what is going on in US here: allea.org/wp-content/u...
allea.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hear hear!
Reposted by Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
Nice piece on the massive shift of academics from X to Bluesky; www.science.org/content/arti...
#Science #community
#Science #community
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nice piece on the massive shift of academics from X to Bluesky; www.science.org/content/arti...
#Science #community
#Science #community
Reposted by Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
Need some good news at the end of 2024? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social has a good post about some big public health accomplishments from this year. 🧪 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/22-public-...
December 27, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Need some good news at the end of 2024? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social has a good post about some big public health accomplishments from this year. 🧪 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/22-public-...
Vaccine derived poliovirus 2 detected in wastewater in 5 European countries. Genetic studies ongoing. Important reminder that the polio endgame is far from over. Timely vaccination of children remains essential.
#IDSky #MedSky
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
#IDSky #MedSky
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Update: Wastewater poliovirus detections in the EU: a call for continued surveillance and maintaining high vaccination coverage rates
On 9 December 2024, Finnish public health authorities reported the presence of poliovirus in wastewater samples in the country. This adds to the recent positive detection of poliovirus in wastewater s...
www.ecdc.europa.eu
December 20, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Vaccine derived poliovirus 2 detected in wastewater in 5 European countries. Genetic studies ongoing. Important reminder that the polio endgame is far from over. Timely vaccination of children remains essential.
#IDSky #MedSky
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
#IDSky #MedSky
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Major set-back for pediatric RSV vaccine development; mRNA vaccine trials on hold due to safety signals.
#PedIDsky #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
#PedIDsky #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Safety signal’ in Moderna’s RSV vaccine studies halts trials of other vaccines for childhood killer
Company found signs its shots made some infected kids sicker than expected, casting a new shadow over the previously troubled RSV vaccine field
www.science.org
December 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Major set-back for pediatric RSV vaccine development; mRNA vaccine trials on hold due to safety signals.
#PedIDsky #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
#PedIDsky #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
This is concerning, pigs can be infected with other flu A subtypes, creating more opportunities for reassortment. Remember the previous flu pandemic started in pigs 😳.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
First H5N1 Bird Flu Infections in Pigs Raises Concerns
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently identified the nation’s first cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or H5N1 bird flu, in swine. The infected pigs were 2 of 5 on a noncommercial farm...
jamanetwork.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:54 AM
This is concerning, pigs can be infected with other flu A subtypes, creating more opportunities for reassortment. Remember the previous flu pandemic started in pigs 😳.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#IDsky #Medsky
Happy to share our preprint on COVID-19 vaccination and excess mortality. We add another peace of evidence that vaccines cannot explain the -still partially unexplained- excess mortality during the pandemic. research.umcutrecht.nl/news/dutch-s...
#IDSky #MedSky #publichealth #COVID
Happy to share our preprint on COVID-19 vaccination and excess mortality. We add another peace of evidence that vaccines cannot explain the -still partially unexplained- excess mortality during the pandemic. research.umcutrecht.nl/news/dutch-s...
#IDSky #MedSky #publichealth #COVID
Dutch study: COVID-19 vaccinations do not explain excess mortality during the pandemic - Research at UMC Utrecht
COVID-19 vaccinations do not explain the excess mortality observed during the corona pandemic, according to a study by University Medical Center Utrecht. The results show that, on average, someone who...
research.umcutrecht.nl
December 12, 2024 at 1:58 PM
#IDsky #Medsky
Happy to share our preprint on COVID-19 vaccination and excess mortality. We add another peace of evidence that vaccines cannot explain the -still partially unexplained- excess mortality during the pandemic. research.umcutrecht.nl/news/dutch-s...
#IDSky #MedSky #publichealth #COVID
Happy to share our preprint on COVID-19 vaccination and excess mortality. We add another peace of evidence that vaccines cannot explain the -still partially unexplained- excess mortality during the pandemic. research.umcutrecht.nl/news/dutch-s...
#IDSky #MedSky #publichealth #COVID
Reposted by Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
Looks fun here. Okay my fav thing in stats. How do you get an upper bound for a confidence interval when you have no events? 3/n
The rule of three. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of...
The rule of three. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of...
Rule of three (statistics) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Looks fun here. Okay my fav thing in stats. How do you get an upper bound for a confidence interval when you have no events? 3/n
The rule of three. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of...
The rule of three. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of...
Important research that supports reduced dosing of PCV10 in infants in settings with sustained herd-immunity. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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#vaccination
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Effect of a Reduced PCV10 Dose Schedule on Pneumococcal Carriage in Vietnam | NEJM
After pneumococcal disease and colonization have been controlled through vaccination
campaigns, a reduced pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule may be sufficient
to sustain that control at ...
www.nejm.org
December 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Important research that supports reduced dosing of PCV10 in infants in settings with sustained herd-immunity. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@pedsid.bsky.social
@idsky.bsky.social
#vaccination
@pedsid.bsky.social
@idsky.bsky.social
#vaccination
RS season officially started in the Netherlands with GP visits for acute respiratory illness in children 0-4 yo on the rise. (Data from NIVEL: www.nivel.nl/sites/defaul...)
December 1, 2024 at 3:59 PM
RS season officially started in the Netherlands with GP visits for acute respiratory illness in children 0-4 yo on the rise. (Data from NIVEL: www.nivel.nl/sites/defaul...)