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Associate Professor - Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation - Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Ecological niche modelling to elucidate environmental factors associated with HPAI H5 since 2020: intensive chicken population density + cultivated vegetation, Spatial distribution influenced by urban areas + open water regions
๐Ÿ‘‰ elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

06.03.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Deadly bird flu on remote island poses new threat to Australia The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from Australia's Heard Island.

Avian influenza H5N1 infections in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands www.abc.net.au/news/science...

04.03.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mass mortality events in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean caused by long-distance circumpolar spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b Since 2020, the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus clade 2.3.4.4b has turned into the largest documented panzootic to date, reaching the sub-Antarctic region and Antarctica via...

Very fun collaboration, on to the next one! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

05.03.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the support @duckswabber.bsky.social !

05.03.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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