🔬AVERT-Cam: An Early Warning System for AIV Transmission and Gene Flow in Cambodia🔬

Vijay Dhanasekaran and his team are leading a collaborative project within the Pasteur Network involving the Institut Pasteur Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the INSTITUT PASTEUR , Paris, France.

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals. Using genomic analysis, an international team with #HKU biologists led by Timothy Bonebrake, & Tracey-Leigh Prigge 👩🏻‍🔬🧬🧪🇿🇦🇭🇰 Taneisha Barrett identified where pangolins are sourced in Africa – vital information for law enforcement. hku.hk/press/press-re…

Some comments from myself and Meagan Dewar on the arrival of HPAI in the sub-Antarctic.

Look forward to listening to Sato on next Monday! The Sato Lab (Kei Sato)

Cambodia reports A/ #H5N1 in a 21-year-old woman in Kampot province. This is the 5th case of #birdflu in Cambodia in 2023, out of which 3 people died. Investigations ongoing. #avianflu #influenza #OneHealth #zoonosis

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🌍Delighted to be in Tunis for the 2023 #PasteurNetwork Annual Meeting hosted by Institut Pasteur de Tunis 🇹🇳 معهد باستور تونس !

Leo Poon Vijay Dhanasekaran and Sook-San Wong representing HKU-PRP to discuss pandemic preparedness and collaboration!

Been posting HPAI research articles now for ~ 1 year. 362 paper summaries tweeted, and there is no indication the number of papers will slow down.
Will keep going as long as it remains a useful resource.
Summaries and other HPAI resources available at michellewille.com/avian-influenz…

First detection of reassortant viruses: H6N2 chicken-adapted viruses and HPAI H5N1. These reassortant viruses caused an outbreak in ostriches in South Africa.
👉link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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Join Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health for a seminar by Professor Edward Holmes from University of Sydney on “Redefining Virus Ecology and Evolution Using Metagenomics” at 2:30 pm on 14 November.

The event will be held in hybrid mode.

For more details and to register: buff.ly/3srklWk

It is great to see so many experts joining us for a few days in Hong Kong

Fantastic opening to our 3-day international conference this morning #immunity2023 with many excellent presentations including opening talks by Malik Peiris and Maria Van Kerkove

Our school will be hosting the #immunity2023 conference (immunity2023.med.hku.hk) in Hong Kong from Nov 8-10, with exciting talks from leading global researchers in immunology and vaccinology! Provisional programme here: immunity2023.med.hku.hk/_files/ugd/6f8…

In this podcast, Dr. Vijay Dhanasekaran of HKU Public Health discusses recent changes in #avianinfluenza virus #H5N1 behavior and spread, what they could mean for human health, and the potential for another #pandemic .

Listen here: onehealthtrust.org/news-media/pod…

#birdflu #OneHealth
Vijay Dhanasekaran

A medical school for women by women-over 100 yrs ago. Established by an American, turned over to Indians in 1947. Seeding service across India. Privileged to be an alumnus. CMC Vellore (Official) jagranjosh.com/general-knowle…

“California confirms 2nd local dengue case”

…it sucks when things you wrote in grant significance sections years ago start coming true cidrap.umn.edu/dengue/califor…

Incredible overview of sealion outbreaks due to HPAI in South America. More than 24,000 died in Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay bw Jan- Sept 2023. Route of infection likely eating infected birds.
👉papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Swine influenza A virus infection dynamics and evolution in intensive pig production systems biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We’re hiring! interested in community-based pathogen surveillance and #OneHealth in the wild lands of Alaska? 🦠 Postdoctoral Surveillance Coordinator, WCS UA Fairbanks UAA SPASAK Project:
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