🆕World Health Organization (WHO) Dashboard showing key figures for #Mpox globally and for the African Region Surveillance, testing, sequencing, reporting & field investigations are critical for better understanding of the dynamics of the outbreaks & to guide response efforts👇 worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/

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I’ve read a lot of stuff about #mpox already that is wrong or at least confused. And it’s not that surprising. The situation is pretty complicated and confusing. I tried to disentangle a few things for News from Science here (thread to come later): science.org/content/articl…

Best article yet on what is known and not known on about recent mpox energence in central Africa. Great to know that Kai is back.

Kinetics of shedding and antibody responses in patients with Clide IIb moped infection. Important finding is long duration of saliva positive samples, could be easy to access for rapid diagnostics, particularly in children pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39043012/

One of the reasons I've been quiet on Twitter for a few months is because I've been working on something big - something I'm really happy to share now! Pathoplexus.org A new, open-source database for pathogen sequence sharing. 👐🧬🌎 1/12

Do you have great graphic design skills? Elsevier Vaccine is retiring the green Koosh ball as a cover image and we are looking for an eye-catching replacement. Join the competition and make your artistic mark on the field of vaccinology 👇🏻🎨🖼️

I wrote with Adam Kucharski a review of statistical inference methods to address key epidemiological questions during epidemics doi.org/10.1016/j.epid…. A mix of theory, intuitive explanation, and 21 case studies. Hopefully a useful resource for students and others!

Sparta Prague returned to the Champions League for the first time in 19 years and this was their social media post... 😂

Mpox vaccine efficacy estimated at 80% No one who was vaccinated was hospitalized with the viral disease. cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/mpox-vacc…

Great dashboard with crucial data on mpox in Africa in 2024. Case fatality among confirmed cases in the DRC about 1%.

Impressive presentation by World Health Organization (WHO) IMST at the WHO R&D Blueprint meeting today! They shared a helpful summary of #mpox clades and subclades, while highlighting that there’s still a lot to learn.

🚨 Media Advisory: Special Press Briefing on the #Mpox Outbreak in Africa! 🌍 Join us on 6 Sept 2024, at 16:00 EAT, for insights of Jean Kaseya from Africa CDC & Laurent Muschel from EU HERA. 📅 Registration n9.cl/gz781 📺 Live stream n9.cl/lt291

👶 Aucun il y a deux ans, un seul l'an dernier... et désormais deux produits pour protéger les bébés de la #bronchiolite. 💉 En plus du Beyfortus, le vaccin Abrysvo est disponible en France. Voici les principaux éléments à savoir ⤵️ Le Parisien 1/13 leparisien.fr/societe/sante/…

International #travel as a risk factor for #gastrointestinal infections in residents of North East England | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3XasHNu Kate Baker Claire Jenkins HPRU GI

Interesting study showing that hygiene and food standards for international travellers in Turkey and Egypt could be improved.

Join the ECDC/EACS webinar on the #mpox outbreak today 4 September at 15:00-16:40 (CET). Webex link: bit.ly/4e9p695

Important points raised about difference in age distributions between clades in historical data. Also, mortality among reported lab confirmed cases is much lower than among total cases (including suspected cases).

Important study that I missed while on holiday. First reassuring real-world evidence from 2 New York hospitals that maternal RSV vaccination does not affect pregnancy outcomes.

Today marks a milestone in the fight against #mpox in Africa! 🌍💉The first shipment of 99,000 vaccine doses from EU HERA arrives today, with another 101,000 coming on Saturday. Thanks to #TeamEurope, an extra 351,500 doses are pledged. #EUGlobalGateway 👉ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…