Andre Ribas Freitas
aribasfreitas.bsky.social
Andre Ribas Freitas
@aribasfreitas.bsky.social
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Our new work on modelling the French 2025 chikungunya outbreaks. Led by Sandeep Tegar, our amazing PhD student at @ukceh.bsky.social and Glasgow. #VBD 🦟

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Modelling and forecasting a potential chikungunya outbreak in France, 2025
Mainland France is experiencing an unprecedented number of autochthonous cases of chikungunya in multiple locations, primarily in southern France, likely linked to the recent outbreak in La Reunion an...
www.medrxiv.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reposted by Andre Ribas Freitas
Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in Chikungunya fever detection by developing a kit solution based on rapid qPCR technology, allowing for the entire detection process within just 30 minutes, according to a laboratory based in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province.
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Andre Ribas Freitas
West Nile virus in Italy, chikungunya in China, dengue in France.

With summer in full bloom, mosquitoes are doing what mosquitoes do: keeping you up at night and spreading vector-borne viruses.
West Nile, chikungunya, dengue: Breaking down summer’s mosquito-borne diseases
The skinny on what those little buzzers could give you.
www.politico.eu
August 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM