@camlebarbenchon.bsky.social
Disease ecologist (orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-7573) | Bats, birds & viruses on tropical islands | Associate Prof. @ Reunion Island University (https://umr-pimit.fr / @pimit.bsky.social) | Amateur trail runner | Opinions are my own.
🦇 NEW RESEARCH: Our 3-year study of Australian flying foxes identified six co-circulating coronaviruses, with highest rates of infection and co-infection in young bats, and evidence of circulating recombinants 🧪🌏 🧵
Available open access in @natcomms.nature.com
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just published: We explored the impact of climate change and urbanization on bat distributions in Madagascar, with a focus on the implications for coronavirus distribution and related health hazards doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101122 #Zoonoses #ClimateChange #Biodiversity 🌍 🦇 ☣️
06.07.2025 03:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking for a permanent research position in One Health, emerging infectious diseases, genomics of host-pathogen interactions, or biomolecular chemistry applied to infectious diseases ?
Join our team ! 👉 umr-pimit.fr/en/join-our-...
Logo for the 17th Ecology & Behaviour conference that will be hosted in Montpellier, France from August 11-15, 2025. The logo includes a black and white flamingo made up of other animals.
🚨SAVE THE DATE 🚨 The 17th Ecology & Behaviour is back at the CEFE!
Join us from August 11-15, 2025. Don't miss out!
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Avec Jacques Blondel, Anne Charmantier et Philippe Perret, nous venons de publier dans la collection monde sauvage d'Acte Sud ce livre
02.05.2025 12:39 — 👍 26 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
Étude pilote sur la leptospirose, les virus zoonotiques et l'antibiorésistance, à l'interface animaux d'élevage / faune sauvage. En partenariat avec UMR ASTRE et PVBMT
@cirad.bsky.social.
👉 www.ird.fr/une-etude-integrative-pour-mieux-comprendre-la-leptospirose-les-virus-potentiel-zoonotique-et
Hi there !
I haven't been very active on social media lately. Will try to fix that, starting by moving from X... x.com/CamLebarbenc...
High connectivity between islands generated by non-breeding dispersive behaviours of brown and lesser noddies may be a major driver in the spread of avian influenza virus among tropical islands. Details available in@RSocPublishing. @UMR_PIMIT @UMREntropie
doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…
We looked for coronavirus in noddies and terns in four islands of the Western Indian Ocean. None of the 1513 samples tested positive. Couldn't find a descent journal to publish this negative result, but the (very) short report is available here:
doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…
Synchronicity of #virus shedding and #coinfections in Mormopterus francoismoutoui #bats, on Reunion Island. #Coronavirus #Paramyxovirus #Astrovirus@Epidemio_Infect. Good job @Ax_hoarau ! 🦇
doi.org/10.1017/S09502…
#Bombali ebolavirus in #Mozambique: further support of a strong association with Mops condylurus #bats across their geographic range ?@EIDjournal In collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Saúde in Maputo and other @UMR_PIMIT partners.
bit.ly/3tLNkB9
New collaboration and research perspectives on 🦇 @UMR_PIMIT Thanks @urban_ecologist for the opportunity !
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Curious about #SARSCoV2 epidemiology and evolution on a small tropical island ? Check-out our two papers:andGreat collaboration between @SantePubliqueFr @chudelareunion and @UMR_PIMIT #COVID19
doi.org/10.1016/j.meeg… doi.org/10.3201/eid280…
Nuit des chercheurs @Univ_Reunion avec les doctorants et post-doctorants de @UMR_PIMIT Malles magiques et Hypoker au Jardin de l'Etat !
30.09.2022 15:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One bridge, a million bats, many inspiring talks, and a couple of morning runs this week in Austin ! Spent a great time @ibrc2022 making new friends !! 🦇
14.08.2022 06:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let's go to @ibrc2022 in Austin ! 🦇 With @MuDietrich @krissam17 @ombalahibemaso and Rachel Leong. #TeamReunionIsland @UMR_PIMIT !
04.08.2022 15:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
En direct de la première étude sur les déplacements du Petit Molosse de La Réunion ! 🦇🧭 Collaboration entre le Groupe Chiroptères Océan Indienet @UMR_PIMIT dans le cadre du programme ESCAPE @Univ_Reunion porté par @MuDietrich
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Interaction between Old World fruit bats and humans: from large scale ecosystem services to zoonotic diseases 🦇🌱☣️ Congrats Riana @ombalahibemaso for merging these different perspectives in a single review:#VIROPTERE with @MuDietrich and Steve Goodman.
doi.org/10.1016/j.acta…
Paper on #SARSCoV2 variants on Réunion Island just published :@CDCgov with colleagues from Santé Publique France and @UMR_PIMIT
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28…
Check-out our last paper on #bat #coronavirus infection dynamics in the Indian Ocean ! Major variations in Reunion free-tailed bats shedding viruses detected during two consecutive birthing seasons @UMR_PIMIT#RSOS @RsocPublishing
bit.ly/3oClm8S
