1/ The past 36 hours have been significant for the ongoing #hantavirus outbreak. I still think the risk is low, but we're almost certainly going to see more cases. Here's what I'm watching:
1. Three new positive individuals (French, US, Spanish).
2. Four viral genomes.
3. Ship fully evacuated.
First genome sequence from Andes hantavirus strain from ongoing ship outbreak posted on Virological: virological.org/t/complete-s... courtesy Swiss National Reference Centre for Emerging Viral Infections, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Zurich
Two more passengers (one in France and one in the US) from the MV Hondius testing positive after being evacuated yesterday. All data here: github.com/kraemer-lab/...
Moritz Kramer & colleagues discuss global approaches to infectious disease analysis and modelling, emphasizing federated approaches and addressing challenges in data interoperability, equity, & trust.
Part of our Focus issue on #infectiousdiseases.
Global approaches to infectious disease surveillance and modelling are complex in a fragmented world.
We brought together an international team of researchers and policy makers to suggest a path forward using AI and federated/distributed frameworks.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/ Yesterday I was more worried about #hantavirus than I am today.
Why?
Flight attendant who was exposed - Tested negative
Viral genome - No concerning mutations
Two Singaporean's exposed - Tested negative
Data situation - We're tracking at Global.health (h/t @mugkraemer.bsky.social)
Joseph Tsui, Ben Reddy and I are recruiting a postdoc @psioxford.bsky.social to work on AI methods for multi-pathogen and multi-country biosurveillance optimisation for epidemic and endemic pathogens.
Closing date May 11th
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Incredible work by Jonathan Pekar et al.: The emergence and molecular evolution of H5N1 influenza viruses in United States dairy cattle
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
