Astrid Iversen
@akiversen.bsky.social
Likes Virology & Immunology & Evolution & Epidemiology; tweets mine, retweets not.
Professor of Virology and Immunology, University of Oxford; views my own
Professor of Virology and Immunology, University of Oxford; views my own
How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world
Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals
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September 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I sidste uge blev der målt den højeste konc. af corona i spildevand siden juni 2024 - dvs de sidste 15 mdr. (det tager 1 uge at analyse data)
Vi er kun i september- & vaccinationerne starter først i oktober- husk at udluftning, ventilation, HEPA-filtre- & masker mindsker smitten
Vi er kun i september- & vaccinationerne starter først i oktober- husk at udluftning, ventilation, HEPA-filtre- & masker mindsker smitten
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I sidste uge blev der målt den højeste konc. af corona i spildevand siden juni 2024 - dvs de sidste 15 mdr. (det tager 1 uge at analyse data)
Vi er kun i september- & vaccinationerne starter først i oktober- husk at udluftning, ventilation, HEPA-filtre- & masker mindsker smitten
Vi er kun i september- & vaccinationerne starter først i oktober- husk at udluftning, ventilation, HEPA-filtre- & masker mindsker smitten
Built from data from 0.4 million UK Biobank participants and 1.9 million Danes.
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New AI tool can predict a person’s risk of more than 1,000 diseases, say experts
Delphi-2M uses diagnoses, ‘medical events’ and lifestyle factors to create forecasts for next decade and beyond
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September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Built from data from 0.4 million UK Biobank participants and 1.9 million Danes.
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Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
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September 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer
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August 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Corona konc. i spildevand fortsætter med at vokse- hvilket er forventeligt når folk kommer hjem fra ferie, samfundet starter op igen & nye(re) varianter vokser op -& vi ikke minder om vigtigheden af udluftning, ventilation, HEPA filtre, bliv hjemme v. sygdom- & masker til sårbare
August 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Corona konc. i spildevand fortsætter med at vokse- hvilket er forventeligt når folk kommer hjem fra ferie, samfundet starter op igen & nye(re) varianter vokser op -& vi ikke minder om vigtigheden af udluftning, ventilation, HEPA filtre, bliv hjemme v. sygdom- & masker til sårbare
Corona koncentrationen i spildevand ser ud til at fortsætte sin stigning- det passer med mønstret fra tidligere år når sommerferien slutter & folk er tilbage på arbejdet & børnene i skole osv
En af varianterne giver (ud over alle de andre kendte corona symptomer og risici) hæshed
En af varianterne giver (ud over alle de andre kendte corona symptomer og risici) hæshed
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Corona koncentrationen i spildevand ser ud til at fortsætte sin stigning- det passer med mønstret fra tidligere år når sommerferien slutter & folk er tilbage på arbejdet & børnene i skole osv
En af varianterne giver (ud over alle de andre kendte corona symptomer og risici) hæshed
En af varianterne giver (ud over alle de andre kendte corona symptomer og risici) hæshed
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With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes,’ China Wages All-Out War on a Virus
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August 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Reposted by Astrid Iversen
Corona koncentrationen i spildevand er desværre i stigning.
July 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Corona koncentrationen i spildevand er desværre i stigning.
Reposted by Astrid Iversen
Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated
Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated
UK Biobank project to share 1bn images of organs, blood vessels and bones to help study ageing and ill health
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July 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
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July 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I am very grateful for this exciting and inspiring collaboration, and delighted to share our paper, describing the infectious challenges humans have encountered over the last 12,000+ years in Eurasia, the interplay between lifestyle & pathogenic exposures, & the rise of zoonoses
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The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia
Nature - Screening shotgun-sequencing data from ancient humans covering 37,000 years of Eurasian history uncovers the widespread presence of ancient bacterial, viral and parasite DNA and...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I am very grateful for this exciting and inspiring collaboration, and delighted to share our paper, describing the infectious challenges humans have encountered over the last 12,000+ years in Eurasia, the interplay between lifestyle & pathogenic exposures, & the rise of zoonoses
rdcu.be/evxDy
rdcu.be/evxDy
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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
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July 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
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July 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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New approach enables body to engineer its own cells to fight cancer or autoimmunity | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
New approach enables body to engineer its own cells to fight cancer or autoimmunity
Injections of mRNA may offer a simpler, cheaper way to build powerful CAR-T cells
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June 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Opinion | I’m a Vaccine Expert. Here’s What Keeps Me Up at Night About Kennedy’s Policies.
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June 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Reposted by Astrid Iversen
Great work by Josette documenting the NB.1.8.1 vs XFG. Huge differences by country, likely reflecting different immune histories, namely, a longer history of infection in Europe, North America, & South-Central Asia (favoring XFG) than in East Asia, New Zealand, & Australia (favoring NB.1.8.1).
I have made an overview of the battle between XFG and NB.1.8.1 in the world
Samples collected on/after the 12th of May
NB.1.8.1 with a very high percentage in some SouthEast-Asian countries, and big in Oceania as well
XFG big in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh
Mixed in North America and Europe
1/2
Samples collected on/after the 12th of May
NB.1.8.1 with a very high percentage in some SouthEast-Asian countries, and big in Oceania as well
XFG big in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh
Mixed in North America and Europe
1/2
June 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great work by Josette documenting the NB.1.8.1 vs XFG. Huge differences by country, likely reflecting different immune histories, namely, a longer history of infection in Europe, North America, & South-Central Asia (favoring XFG) than in East Asia, New Zealand, & Australia (favoring NB.1.8.1).
Reposted by Astrid Iversen
BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥
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Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant
After the spread of SARS-CoV-2 JN.1, its subvariants, such as KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3)1
and KP.3.1.1 (JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),2 and XEC (a recombinant lineage of two JN.1 subvariants),3
emerged and rapidly spread ...
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June 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥
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Corona variant NB.1.8.1 ( aka Nimbus) er den nyeste variant der spreder sig - og vil sandsynligvis snart komme til Danmark (er her nok allerede).
“The infectivity of NB.1.8.1 was significantly higher (2·5-fold; p<0·0001) than that of LP.8.1. NB.1.8.1 binds more strongly to ACE2 than LP.8.1.5 … the increased fitness of NB.1.8.1 is due to its augmented infectivity rather than its increased immune evasion”.
BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥
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June 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Corona variant NB.1.8.1 ( aka Nimbus) er den nyeste variant der spreder sig - og vil sandsynligvis snart komme til Danmark (er her nok allerede).
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Whooping Cough Is Surging. Do You Need Another Shot?
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June 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Reposted by Astrid Iversen
"NB.1.8.1 is a mutated Omicron variant" shows you how misleading the Greek letter names have become.
Reminder that all Greek letters were given between May and November 2021 and none since.
Here's reality:
Reminder that all Greek letters were given between May and November 2021 and none since.
Here's reality:
June 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"NB.1.8.1 is a mutated Omicron variant" shows you how misleading the Greek letter names have become.
Reminder that all Greek letters were given between May and November 2021 and none since.
Here's reality:
Reminder that all Greek letters were given between May and November 2021 and none since.
Here's reality: