Infectious Diseases/HIV Medicine Physician (CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels). Clinical researcher (FNRS). Lecturer in infectious diseases and virology (ULB, Brussels. EVASG EC elected member.
Nico Dauby MD PhD
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For context on Ebola on Northeastern DRC, here's a map from my 2019 story on an outbreak in the same general region. Each red dot is a killing, kidnapping, mass rape or other violent attack. Conflict has continued, if not worsened.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is not the time to freak out about a hantavirus pandemic. We should freak out about the dismantling of public health, international collaboration, and preparedness, however. Both Argentina and US withdrew from WHO, that's the worrying part.
National real-life impact of prevention with nirsevimab on infants’ #RSV hospitalizations in Belgium
"Savings in health care resources were observed with ⏬ lenght of stay, invasive ventilatory support and nutritional support"
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National real-life impact of prevention with nirsevimab on infants’ #RSV hospitalizations in Belgium
"Savings in health care resources were observed with ⏬ lenght of stay, invasive ventilatory support and nutritional support"
#IDSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Important to read the seminal paper on the discovery of the Bundibugyo virus. It is a different species from Zaire Ebola virus, differing in its genome by up to 32%. The vaccines and monoclonal antibodies for Zaire virus are unlikely to be effective here.
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Heterogeneity of baseline immune activation and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine responses in people with #HIV: a multicenter prospective study journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a... (open access)
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ESCMID 2026 highlights
COBRA Trial – One day is enough
Dutch RCT: 1 day of antibiotics after ERCP drainage for cholangitis was non‑inferior to 4–7 days.
Bottom line: Antibiotic durations can safely be much shorter once source control is achieved.
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clarityinitiative.org/escmid-2026-...
Author Summary In this report we describe a newly discovered ebolavirus species which caused a large hemorrhagic fever outbreak in western Uganda. The virus is genetically distinct, differing by more ...
Diphtheria cases have continued to soar in Australia since the figures were taken for this article, now well over 200 reported via NNDSS for 2026.
No sign of a peak in the NT and WA, where very steep growth is continuing.
