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Antonia Ho
@drtoniho.bsky.social
Professor of Infectious Diseases @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo & Honorary Consultant. Interests #epidemiology #respiratoryviruses #ARI #GlobalHealth 🦠🧬. Also 🐶! Views are my own. #IDSky #EpiSky #DogSky
🚨New paper from @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group PhD student @mhairijan.bsky.social on the evolving neutralising antibody responses to #SARSCoV2 in an urban & rural cohort in #Malawi, showing ⬆️ complexity of immune landscape across 3 waves. 🦠🩸🇲🇼📈

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating.

Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉

#vaccineworks
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@cvrinfo.bsky.social clinical #PhD students & fellows out in force the @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Infection Research Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🔬🔬🩺
September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📣Come work with us!

Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.

More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25

@cvrinfo.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚨New paper 🚨

In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV

We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.

🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬

Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾

Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
August 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group #PhD student, kirstykwok.bsky.social presenting her analysis of non-SARSCoV2 respiratory viral sequence data from Africa at #PandemicSciences25 conference 🫁🧬🌍
July 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A few highlights from the first 4 days of the East Highland Way.

Scotland at its best! 🗻🐑☀️😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

78.4km down, 63km to go.

Many thanks to everyone who donated so far 🙏

www.justgiving.com/page/ho-ward...
June 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My dad & I are setting off on the East Highland Way today - a 132km trail from Fort William to Aviemore to fundraise for @AlzResearchUK, a charity close to our hearts. 💜🗻🚶‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Any donations would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

www.justgiving.com/page/ho-ward...
June 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Great to stretch the legs on Zomba plateau after a week of meetings! 🗻🇲🇼
June 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Delighted to present our latest work using serology & next-gen sequencing to understand respiratory viral epidemiology in #Malawi to colleagues at @MEIRU_MALAWI & the Public Health Institute of Malawi 🫁🦠🩸🧪🧬📈

@mhairijan.bsky.social
@abenaphd.bsky.social
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Met 2 former medical students that I taught 13 years ago at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre - Mike Chisema (left) is now Head of Expanded Programme on Immunisation for Malawi! 🩺🏥🇲🇼

I feel old 👵😂
May 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited to be at the 2nd Summit on Integrated Multiplex Serosurveillance. Looking forward to hearing & sharing updates on seroepidemiology studies in African countries. 🩸👩‍🔬🦠🌍

@MalawiHealth
@MLW_Programme @KUHeS_mw
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
@gatesfoundation.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Not a bad commute to work! 🚴‍♀️😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#RiverClyde
#lastdayofScottishsummer
May 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
After a mad work week, glad to be outdoors in the glorious Scottish sunshine! ☀️🏖️🐶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📷 Loch Drunkie
May 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thanks to @beritlange.bsky.social @carolinajudith.bsky.social & team @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social for hosting us for the past 2 days! 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦠

Looking forward to doing more collaborative research.

@louisapollock.bsky.social @chrisillingworth.bsky.social @animal-viruses.bsky.social
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Finally made it to KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, 5 years after a planned visit was scuppered by the pandemic.

Thanks to Charles Nyaigoti & James Abuje for being great hosts and showing us the fantastic science they are doing.

@cvrinfo.bsky.social
@davidlrobertson.bsky.social

🇰🇪🦠🔬🧬
March 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It’s been a fantastic meeting between @KEMRI_Kenya & @cvrinfo.bsky.social Centres for Virus Research - lots of stimulating discussions & exciting projects planned! 🦠🔬🧬🇰🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@cvrbioinfo.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Early data from @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that RSV vaccination (Pfizer ABRYSVO) in older adults aged 75-79 years was associated with 62% ⬇️ (95%CI 35-80%) in #RSV hospitalisation. 🦠🏥💉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

Vaccination commenced mid August 2024 & uptake was 68.6% by end of Nov 2024.
February 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Really enjoyed #RTI2025 & chatting all things 🫁 infection. Many thanks to the organisers for asking me to speak.

Also super proud of Elen Vink for winning the poster prize for her work on the CHARISMA Study. 🏆🥳🙌

@lenagroup4resp.bsky.social
@profjdchalmers.bsky.social
@dbogaert.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Great turnout from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group at #RTI2025. 🦠🫁

@mhairijan.bsky.social & Elen Vink presenting their #PhD work tomorrow.
February 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
7 years at @cvrinfo.bsky.social!! 🎂

Time flies when you’re having fun researching viruses. 🦠🧬🔬🧫🫁😊
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Love this stadium!

Come on Scotland!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉💪

@scottishrugby.bsky.social
#AsOne
February 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happy New Year!! 新年快樂!!

May the Year of the Snake bring you good health, happiness and prosperity. 🐍🧧🎆🏮
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Very sad to hear of US intent to withdraw from @who.int.

My lecture to @uofglasgow students today highlighted WHO’s critical role in facing global infection challenges, from supporting countries to build strong health & surveillance systems, to detecting & responding to health emergencies.
January 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM