While little is known about the mysterious #Oropouche virus in Latin America, a number of deaths have been reported along with impacts on unborn babies. A #CharitéBerlin study has discovered that the pathogen is more widespread than previously thought.
#CharitéVirology #CharitéPaper #medicine #science #research #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #Medibubble #LatinAmerica #travelling #virology
Über das #Oropouche-Virus in #Lateinamerika ist bisher wenig bekannt, es gibt aber Hinweise auf einzelne Todesfälle & mögliche Folgen für ungeborene Kinder. Eine #CharitéBerlin-Studie zeigt jetzt: Der Erreger ist in der Region weiter verbreitet als gedacht.
#CharitéVirology #CharitéPaper #Medizin #Forschung #Wissenschaft #MedMastodon #Virologie #Medibubble #Reisen
📢 New research from #CharitéBerlin sheds light on the origin of the hepatitis E virus!
🐭 According to the study, the virus probably originated in rodents and found its way to humans via hoofed animals. Read more in our paper spotlight:
👉 https://www.charite.de/en/research/paper_spotlight/2024/news_on_the_hepatitis_e_virus/
#medicine #research #science #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #CharitéPaper #CharitéVirology #HEV #hepatitis
The @WHO has appointed the Institute of Virology at #CharitéBerlin as a member of the new WHO #Coronavirus Network (CoViNet). The network of reference laboratories aims to detect and monitor #SARSCoV2, #MERS and other viruses at an early stage to support the development of #WHO public health strategies. The Institute is one of 33 laboratories worldwide to contribute their expertise.
#medicine #MedMastodon #CoViNet #PublicHealth #CharitéVirology #diagnostics
The #MERS coronavirus can be transmitted from dromedaries to humans and causes severe pneumonia in some people. A study by #CharitéBerlin & the University of Nairobi now shows that the probability of transmission in Kenya 🇰🇪 is highest during the two dry seasons.
@mamueller #CharitéPaper #science #research #ScienceMastodon #CharitéVirology #Africa
Das #MERS-Coronavirus kann von Dromedaren auf Menschen übertragen werden und zum Teil schwere Lungenentzündungen auslösen. Eine Studie der #CharitéBerlin & der Universität Nairobi zeigt jetzt, dass die Übertragungswahrscheinlichkeit in Kenia 🇰🇪 während der zwei Trockenzeiten am höchsten ist.
@mamueller #CharitéPaper #Forschung #Wissenschaft #ScienceMastodon #CharitéVirology #Afrika
Our #DFG-funded project reveals bi-phasic #MERS-CoV circulation in nomadic #camels in #Kenya Important info to prevent human spillovers @dfg_public @ChariteBerlin @DZIF_ #ChariteVirology #CEMA_Africa https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/3/23-1488_article
BA.2.86 & its descendant, JN.1, of #SARSCoV2 dominate the winter wave. But why?
Using live virus neutralisation & sera taken in fall 2023 we found clear neutralisation escape against recent variants but no specific escape for BA.2.86/JN.1.
➡️ Neutralisation escape doesn't seem to explain the JN.1 increase. Further studies may find the driving force instead.
New publication out:
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300740
Congrats to Lara and Barbara!
#CharitéVirology #Eurosurveillance @ChariteBerlin
Our first publication in 2024
"Deep RNA sequencing of muscle tissue reveals absence of viral signatures in dermatomyositis" is now out in #FreeNeuropathology #CharitéVirology
@ChariteBerlin
An international team headed by #CharitéBerlin is looking to #biodiversity 🐭 🦟 🦠 to better gauge whether pathogens could pass from animals to humans. The goal is to help prevent #epidemics. The EU 🇪🇺 has pledged 4 million euros to support the project.
@unihannover #ScienceMastodon #research #CharitéVirology #ZOE #zoonoses #HorizonEurope
The result of fruitful joint work :
"...Establishment of West Nile virus in a large urban area in Europe (= #Berlin )".
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.48.2300258
#WNV #Arbovirus #CharitéVirology #Eurosurveillance
@ChariteBerlin
Characterization of intrinsic and effective fitness changes caused by temporarily fixed mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike E484 epitope and identification of an epistatic precondition for the evolution of E484A in variant Omicron. #CharitéVirology @ChariteBerlin
#Ecuador 🇪🇨 was a hotspot of the #COVID19 pandemic in 2020, despite introducing contact restrictions early on. One issue: high mobility in the informal labor sector.
Now virological evidence by researchers from #CharitéBerlin and Ecuador suggests that contact restrictions nevertheless reduced the spread of #SARSCoV2 to some degree.
#CharitéPaper #CharitéVirology #Science #Research #ScienceMastodon #Corona
#Ecuador 🇪🇨 war 2020 ein Hotspot der #COVID19-Pandemie, obwohl es schon früh Kontaktbeschränkungen einführte. Ein Problem: Die hohe Mobilität im informellen Arbeitssektor.
Die virologische Analyse eines Forschungsteams der #CharitéBerlin und aus Ecuador deutet jetzt darauf hin, dass die Kontaktbeschränkungen dennoch die Ausbreitung von #SARSCoV2 zu einem gewissen Grad gedämpft haben.
#CharitéPaper #CharitéVirology #Wissenschaft #Forschung #ScienceMastodon #Corona
Finally published at #Science:
"Mapping SARS-CoV-2 antigenic relationships and serological responses"
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj0070
Congrats to Barbara, Sam, and all others.
@ChariteBerlin
#CharitéVirology #UniversityCambridge #DukeUniversity
Interested in Hepatitis A Virus evolution? Check out our just published study on Hepatitis A Virus in Alpacas from Bolivia. In this study, we detected RNA of distinct HAV in ≈9% of New World camelids and HAV antibodies in ≈64%. Complete-genome analysis of the Alpaca HAV suggests a long association of these viruses with alpacas as hosts.
#HAV #CharitéVirology #EmergingInfectiousDiseases @ChariteBerlin
@bih_charite
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/12/23-1123_article
Decreases in biodiversity can promote the spread of viruses, as shown by a study by #CharitéBerlin & Leibniz-IZW on the impact of rainforest clearing on mosquitoes and the viruses they carry.
Die Abnahme der Artenvielfalt kann die Verbreitung von Viren begünstigen – das zeigt eine Studie von #CharitéBerlin & Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung zur Auswirkung von Regenwaldrodung auf Stechmücken und deren Viren.
Die Abnahme der Artenvielfalt kann die Verbreitung von Viren begünstigen – das zeigt eine Studie von @CharitéBerlin & @IZWberlin zur Auswirkung von Regenwaldrodung auf Stechmücken und deren Viren. #forschung #wissenschaft #CharitéVirology
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2023/09/26/abnahme-der-artenvielfalt-kann-verbreitung-von-viren-beguenstigen
Our most recent publication on #HepatitisE whole genome sequencing: We analysed a 40-year old camel HEV and found evidence for virus compartmentalization within the cns in humans with chronic #HEV infections.
#CharitéVirology #PEI #LaborBerlin #JCV #Zoonoses @ChariteBerlin
